Australia hopeful of having fully fit squad for World Cup final

Australia are confident they will have a fully-fit squad for this Saturday's World Cup final against New Zealand.

The Wallabies came through Sunday's semi-final against Argentina with nothing more than bumps and bruises.

That means the only question mark for Saturday's Twickenham showdown is prop Scott Sio - who missed the victory over the Pumas with an elbow injury - but boss Michael Cheika is hopeful he will be available.

Full-back Israel Folau and No 8 David Pocock went into the Pumas match nursing niggling injuries but both came through the semi-final without aggravating them.

"We're not too bad," said Cheika. "We've just had a recovery session now and spoke to the doc and the physios.

"The players who went into the match with an injury are looking pretty good the way they came out of it, probably much better than we expected so we'll see how that progresses.

"There are some sore bodies but no more than normal for a World Cup semi-final.

"Once we get today out of the way we can start seeing everyone running on the field and we'll get a better opinion of how everyone is running for next week."

Pocock, who missed the quarter-final win over Scotland with a calf injury, completed the entire match and had a superb game, especially in defence and at the breakdown.

Folau, who also missed the quarter-final with an ankle problem, was not at his absolute best and was taken off after about an hour after being hurt in a tackle.

"Israel Folau pulled up pretty good, he was always going to tire a bit at the end with his injury," Cheika said.

"He got caught under a tackle, but we were taking him off anyway because 60 minutes was about his duration with that ankle injury. It was just the fatigue of it."

Cheika said he had no major concerns about inside centre Matt Giteau, who left the field with a groin injury, saying he felt much better when he woke up on Monday.

The Wallabies coach was optimistic about Sio's prospects of returning, which would be a major boost after the Australian scrum struggled in his absence against Argentina.

"Scott Sio will be back on the training paddock this week. We'll see how he goes," Cheika said.

"He's been running already and he's got movement back in his elbow. We'll see how that applies to some of his specialities such as scrummaging and mauling and we'll take it from there."