Dan Vickerman says he's determined to repay faith shown in him by Australia coach Robbie Deans as he pushes for a Rugby World Cup squad berth.

The towering former Test secondrower returned to Australia earlier this month after finishing three years of study in England.

Vickerman hadn't played since mid-March but had a 20-minute cameo role off the bench in the Waratahs' final regular season Super Rugby game against the Brumbies.

That was followed by half a club rugby game for Sydney University against Parramatta at the weekend.

Deans watched Vickerman play against the Brumbies and the big forward is gratified by the interest and support from the national coach.

"I'm pretty stoked, to be honest," said Vickerman on Monday.

"I think I'm pretty fortunate to have guys who have got a little bit of faith in me so, hopefully, I can repay that faith and get a few good performances under the belt.

"It's always good to have positive feedback and it's fantastic. I'm just keen to get amongst it and repay the favours that have been shown to me."

Vickerman feels he is couple of full games away from match fitness.

"I'm working quite hard on the conditioning during the week and punching out a game on the weekend," Vickerman said.

"I think, hopefully, a couple of 80-minutes and I should be right fitness-wise and just get all the rustiness out and get the skill base back to where it needs to be."

Vickerman was reunited with some of his former Wallabies team-mates at a scrum camp which started in Sydney on Monday.

His long-time Test second-row partner Nathan Sharpe believes his return from England is a boon to Australian rugby.

"Vicks is an absolute quality footballer. He will get a few runs on the board pretty quickly, I imagine, which will be great for Australia," Sharpe said.

Sharpe, who was sidelined from the Force's final Super match against Melbourne with an ankle injury, said he would be right to play by this weekend, but hadn't yet arranged a club match in either Perth or the eastern states.

While many prominent members of the Wallabies squad are in their early 20s and could conceivably play in at least two more World Cups after this year, 33-year-old Sharpe is looking at his last opportunity.

"I want to win the World Cup, there's nothing simpler than that and this is my last opportunity to do so," he said.

Sharpe felt there had been an improvement in set piece work across all the Australian Super rugby teams throughout the season.

"If you look at the set piece across the board, the technique in Australian lineouts is all very good which is going to correlate to a good lineout performance I think for the Wallabies," Sharpe said.

"In scrummaging you've seen some really good combinations come together throughout Super Rugby, guys that have been around for a couple of years are really starting to grasp what's required at that level."

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