Chris Latham is delighted he is to rack up more game time, while Lote Tuqiri hopes to return to the Australian try-scoring list tonight, Sydney time, when the Wallabies play their final group match, against Canada here.

Latham had been picked on the bench for the Stade Chaban-Delmas encounter, but he regained his fullback spot after a back-line reshuffle forced by the withdrawal of centre Scott Staniforth because of persistent shoulder problems.

Before the late call-up, Latham had been hoping to have a talk with Wallabies coach John Connolly to tell him he needed more time on the field.

Latham knows he is still well short of match practice after missing virtually the whole of the domestic season because of a knee reconstruction.

"I want to keep playing footy," Latham said. "The more footy I play, the more confident I'm getting and the better I'm feeling. And the more I'm playing on it [the knee], the better it's feeling."

Staniforth's unavailability has resulted in Tuqiri's return to the centres, a position he has played on a number of occasions for the Wallabies - the most notable being against Wales in Cardiff in 2005, when he turned in a man-of-the-match performance at No.13.

While Tuqiri prefers the wing, he still enjoys the challenge of outside-centre - especially the demanding defensive duties. However, that pressure will drop considerably against Canada, who lack the capabilities to threaten the Wallabies.

More touches of the ball will give Tuqiri a better opportunity to score his first try of the tournament. He is fully aware that he has failed to trouble the scorers on his past five appearances for the Wallabies.

Tuqiri's form in France has been patchy, prompting the selectors to keep him in the side, believing that, like Latham, more game time will help him during the finals.

While pleased that he has not been benched this weekend, Tuqiri admitted his form, especially against Fiji last weekend, was just "so-so".

"I certainly got the ball with a bit more space, but I think we just flung it out, rather than going forward first," Tuqiri said. "If we can do that, it gives more room to the outside men to do their work.

"I got pushed out on one occasion and was not left much room on other occasions. We're going all right, but we can do things a lot better."

Tuqiri immediately looked for the positive spin when asked how he felt about going try-less at this World Cup.

"If the team's going all right and we're winning, I don't really mind if I don't bag a try," Tuqiri said. "If we win a World Cup without me scoring, that'll be sweet."

There is hardly a cutting edge to this group match, but forwards coach Michael Foley stressed that the Wallabies should not treat the Canadians as easy opponents.

"Canada drive a lot of ball from the line-out and they also do a lot of work around the edges of the rucks and mauls with their forwards," Foley said. "I think the forward pack that we've selected needs to really stand up for us to get a good result."

AUSTRALIA: Chris Latham, Cameron Shepherd, Lote Tuqiri, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Drew Mitchell; Julian Huxley, Sam Cordingley; David Lyons, George Smith (capt), Hugh McMeniman, Mark Chisholm, Nathan Sharpe, Al Baxter, Adam Freier, Greg Holmes. Res: Sean Hardman, Guy Shepherdson, Rocky Elsom, Phil Waugh, Stephen Hoiles, George Gregan, Matt Giteau.