The call for Test hopeful Dylan Pietsch finally, but not presumably, came in loud and clear.

His phone rang just after lunchtime on Wednesday, five days before the Wallabies' do-or-die Rugby World Cup match against Wales.

The name of the number that appeared on his mobile screen was unmistakable.

So were the words the Wiradjuri man has wanted to hear again.

"Pack your bags, you're in." the voice on the other end told Pietsch.

That voice was none other than Eddie Jones.

The National Indigenous Times can reveal Pietsch was told he would resume his spot back in the Australian squad after their shock loss to Fiji.

A tournament-ending injury to Max Jorgensen, an uncapped favourite of the national coach, appeared to pave the way for Pietsch to be the 15th capped Indigenous man to represent Australia in a rugby union Test match.

Pietsch was holding off speaking publicly until Rugby Australia gave him permission to do so.

"No one is supposed to know yet," Pietsch laughed, hours after being given the nod.

But the Wallabies' standby has been left since in the dark, subsequently caught up in a bizarre timeline of the events that unfolded around Jones.

Turning to a like-for-like replacement, Jones unconventionally put Pietsch's selection on hold the next day after reportedly reconsidering the inclusion.

Brumbies fullback Tom Wright was seen to have edged ahead of Pietsch, but a little more than 24 hours after a catastrophic 40-6 loss to the Welsh both men are still waiting.

Since then, Australia was effectively knocked out of contention for a projected World Cup quarter-final spot on Monday morning, with plans for the 25-year-old as good as abandoned unless Jones backflips and bloods the second-year Waratah for the future.

That comes after Jones was accused of negotiating a new coaching contract for Japan, including being interviewed for the role just two days before the World Cup opener.

He initially denied the allegation and has since declined to comment further. Jones is just six months into a long-term deal to coach the Wallabies to the 2027 World Cup.

Jones has praised Pietsch previously as having the potential to be "the most powerful winger in the world", but has resisted playing the flanker-turned-winger once.

For Pietsch, this year has been more of a waiting game more than playing games.

To the point that the one-time Leeton Phantoms junior from the Riverina only laced up the boots once again two months after his last competitive match.

"I forgot how much I loved rugby," Pietsch said on his eventual return.

He was not only named in the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe squads, but ready to play against South Africa, Argentina, and New Zealand twice.

At one stage and barely 24 hours out from departure, Pietsch was unsure whether or not he was flying out to Pretoria for the opening Test of the season.

"Hopefully I start my first Test career there, to be honest," Pietsch said in the lead-up back in July.

Not only was Pietsch not a passenger, but he was also a spectator throughout the Test calendar, let alone half of the Shute Shield club season after a top Super Rugby summer.

But after missing the final cut for the World Cup in France, Pietsch was running in a Wallabies shadow group for an Australia A match and a Barbarians tour of the UK.

Jones watched Pietsch from the stands run in two tries against a full-strength Portugal for the second-string team without giving an acknowledgment of his performance.

"Nah, he hasn't spoken to me – I think he's a bit busy," Pietsch said afterwards.