Carter Gordon returns for Wallabies in ‘balanced selection’ for second Japan Test

• Fly-half overcomes calf injury to partner Ryan Lonergan in halves

• Prop Massimo De Lutiis primed to become 1,000th player capped

After three false starts, the Carter Gordon era for the Wallabies may have finally arrived after the flyhalf was named in the Australian XV to play Japan in Townsville on Saturday.

New coach Les Kiss dropped Declan Meredith after last week’s inconsistent performance in Osaka and turned to the 25-year-old who returned to union ranks last year after a stint in the NRL.