Preview: Barbarians v Wallabies
No less than 10 Kiwis have been selected by Barbarians coach and All Blacks legend Sir John Kirwan.
Colin Slade, who kicked the winning conversion after the siren against the Wallabies in Bledisloe III, is among the Kiwi contingent.
Steven Luatua, Matt Todd and explosive full-back Tim Nanai Williams are the other notable inclusions.
The Baa Baas starting side also includes former Wallabies winger Nick 'The Honey Badger' Cummins.
Cummins will face his former Test team-mates for the first time since he was granted a release to play Japanese club rugby earlier this year.
Former Scotland captain Alastair Kellock will lead the side as one of two northern-hemisphere representatives in the starting line-up – England prop Matt Stevens is the other.
South African cnetre Juan de Jongh and Argentine scrumhalf Tomas Cubelli are the other non-Kiwi starters.
Cheika will confirm the squad for his first game in charge of the Wallabies on Thursday afternoon.
Barbarians: 15 Tim Nanai Williams (NZ), 14 Frank Halai (NZ), 13 Juan de Jongh (South Africa), 12 Francis Saili (NZ), 11 Nick Cummins (Australia), 10 Colin Slade (NZ), 9 Tomas Cubellil, 8. Stephen Luatua (NZ), 7. Matt Todd (NZ), 6. Adam Thomson (NZ), 5. Alastair Kellock (Scotland), 4. Dominic Bird (NZ), 3. Angus Ta'avao (NZ), 2. James Parsons (NZ), 1. Matt Stevens (England).
Reserves: 16. Mahonri Schwalger (Samoa), 17. Thomas Du Toit (South Africa), 18 Lourens Adriaanse (South Africa), 19 Heinrich Brussow (South Africa), 20 Matias Alemanno (Argentina), 21 Sarel Pretorius (South Africa), 22 Joaquin Tuculet (Argentina), 23 Marnitz Boshoff (South Africa).