Brumbies back Mark Gerrard will be given until the eve of Friday's Australian Provincial Championship rugby final against Queensland to prove his fitness and finally line-up at five-eighth.

Gerrard, who has played most of his representative rugby on the wing, was originally listed at five-eighth for last Friday's final round clash with the Reds at Ballymore.

However, a calf injury forced him out of the Brumbies side, which conceded 10 late points to lose 20-19.

Brumbies APC coach Matt O'Connor said Gerrard would undergo a medical test.

"He had a very slight calf strain on Thursday and the medical advice at that stage was it was a seven day injury, so we will wait and see how he pulls up and hopefully he will be available," he said.

He said Gerrard's lack of experience at five-eighth wouldn't be a reason for not playing him in that position in Friday's game in Canberra.

"It's just relative to how good the calf is first and foremost and then how much training load he will be able to tolerate this week if he's fit, those will be the two major concerns," O'Connor said.

"He's a world class player and I don't see him having any issues coping with the position

"I probably like to give him 'til as late as Thursday."

O'Connor reported no other injuries and doubted whether he would make any other changes to the team, apart from recalling Gerrard.

Queensland coach Eddie Jones said his only injury concern was a rib cartilage suffered by prop Peter Loane, who he hoped would be fit for Friday.

Whilst there was a suggestion the game might have to be shifted to Brisbane because of a lack of accommodation in Canberra caused by the annual Floriade Flower Festival, O'Connor believed the Brumbies would retain home advantage.

Although the Brumbies topped the table, O'Connor was far from happy with their performance against Queensland.

"We played a long way off our best and I thought Queensland were very, very good- they will take a lot of beating," O'Connor said.

Queensland maintained its resurgence following a first round loss to the Force adding the Brumbies scalp to that of the Waratahs earned the previous week.

"We trained hard physically and probably simplified our game plan a little bit," said Jones, when asked about the reasons for the Reds revival the last two weeks.

Former Wallaby coach Jones felt a number of his players had enhanced their prospects of making the upcoming Australian tour of Europe.

"Both our hookers Sean Hardman and Stephen Moore have done well, James Horwill at lock has done very well," Jones said.

"(Back rowers John) Roe and (David) Croft are very good players, that certainly wouldn't be out of place in a Wallabies squad. I think (centre) Lloyd Johansson is getting back to some of the form that won him a couple of (Test) caps last year."

Friday's match looms as the final opportunity for several Wallaby aspirants to push their claim before the squad for the November tour is selected.

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