Outside of the All Blacks, there arguably isn't an International team the Wallabies coaching staff are more familiar with than Scotland.
After all, it's inadvertently become a major pipeline for the main pieces of their coaching overhaul and subsequent revival.
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It starts with Director of Rugby Scott Johnson, brought in under Chieka at the end of 2018, having stepped into the role for the Scots following a stint as head coach between 2012-14.
So it came as no surprise when the process for Chieka's replacement began, Johnson headed to Glasgow to find his successor, a highly-touted Kiwi by the name of Dave Rennie.
With Rennie locked in, Matt Taylor, the man that helped execute Scotland's stunning thumping of Australia in 2017, was recruited back home to slot in as defensive coach to overhaul a Wallabies defence.
Given all the connections, it's evident to see why a win in Monday morning's (AEDT) clash will likely be savoured more than most by the Wallabies coaching staff, especially Taylor, given his near-decade long tenure with the national side.
“Matt Taylor you can see from the start of the week he really wanted to win this game,” prop Taniela Tupou noted on Tuesday.
“I think it means more to him (than us). He’s spoken about a couple of players we have to go after and the things we need to do to win.
“We know what we need to do to win.”
Flyhalf Finn Russell looms as the major threat for Scotland, whose unpredictable and flashy style of play makes him one of the most entertaining players in World Rugby.
Having played under Rennie (Glasgow) and Taylor (Scotland), Russell would find himself at Racing 92 eventually flanked by Kurtley Beale after his departure from the Waratahs.
With Beale back in the Wallabies squad, he was quick to recognise the influence of the 29-year-old, knowing the coaching staff will draw off plenty of knowledge to shut him down.
“Before signing for Racing, he was a key ingredient for me to go there,” Beale noted on Wednesday.
“He’s obviously a world class ten, a great vision for the game and has a real positive influence on the guys around him in the way they play the game.
“He’s a great guy, definitely helped me settle in being one of the foreigners at the club and it’s going to be an exciting week.
“…I’m sure ‘Tatsy’ (Matt Taylor) have a plan in place (to stop Russell), he’ll have plenty of experience with the players having been involved with the Scottish side. We’ll wait for that to come out and make sure we are diligent with our intel in the way we want to play this Scottish side."
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With memories of the 53-24 drubbing in 2017 on their mind, Beale knows the Wallabies will have to be at their best if they wish to push their winning streak to six.
“The Scots are a class team. On their day, they will beat us,” Beale believes.
“They have some class danger men in Ali Price, Finn Russell and Stuart Hogg. These guys have just come off the Lions Tour and had a positive impact on that group so no doubt they will be running the show on the weekend and trying to retain the Hopetoun Cup.
“They’ll be doing everything they can to stop us.”
