Amid Dave Rennie's promotion to the All Blacks and the ever-changing Zac Lomax saga, an intriguing bit of team news went somewhat under the radar in Australian rugby on Wednesday.
Queensland Reds coach Les Kiss dropped his matchday 23 at 2pm, as usual, recalling Wallabies utility Filipo Daugunu to the starting side, while also confirming the absence of hooker Matt Faessler, with another Test player Josh Nasser named in the No. 2 jersey.
But it was the final name in Kiss' squad that Australia might hear a bit more about over the next five or so years, including a surname that has already demanded attention in Canberra.
Treyvon Pritchard will join brother, Kaden, in Super Rugby this weekend, the scriptwriters - or at least Kiss - seeing fit that the younger sibling will make his debut across from the kid against whom many backyard battles were forged.
A star of last year's Australia Under 18s side that beat their New Zealand counterparts by a combined 136-81 across two matches, Pritchard, alongside Reds teammate Kingsley Ays and No. 8 Heinz Lemoto, who is now playing at Toulouse, really caught the eye.
But when in years past a player like Pritchard might have found himself on the pathway to an NRL debut, the youngster had already instead committed his future to the 15-player game - and the Australian rugby community breathed a collective sigh of relief as a result.
"I think from a young age I'd always watch the Wallabies versus All Blacks, and growing up in Australia that's something that I want to aspire to," Pritchard told ESPN in the preseason, a few weeks before his Super Rugby hopes became a reality.
"I played league until I was 14 and then switched over to union as a 15-year-old. And yeah, ever since I switched, I think that was just a clear pathway that I saw myself going down. And yeah, I've enjoyed that ever since."
Pritchard said the "enjoyment" of rugby was key to him choosing the 15-player game, and given the ease at which he moves it's easy to see why that would be the case. The 18-year-old was devastating in attack against New Zealand last year.
But both the Queensland Rugby Union and Rugby Australia deserve credit, too, for Pritchard's retention, with the pathways now in better shape than arguably ever before; the mid-teen years and onwards now showing a clear avenue to professional rugby.
By 18, Pritchard had worn the red of Queensland and the gold of Australia, while later this year he will likely add the Under 20s to his existing Under 18s national appearances.
"A lot of mates are still in the union scene throughout club footy. I've been with the Reds since I was 15 and I came through with a few of the boys," he told ESPN.
"And the [Australia] 18s programme, we've come through since 15, 16-year-olds, so to be in the 18s programme with them was just another good experience, and it kind of just built on those previous years that we were together. So I think moving forward with a lot of those boys kind of helped that decision [to stay in rugby].
"I just love the Reds. Been with them for a while now. So, yeah, just love them... I think the whole of union is probably getting better with the pathway stuff."
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Pritchard got a taste of senior rugby against Panasonic Wild Knights last year, then also featured in the first of the Reds' two trial games ahead of Super Rugby Pacific. More recently, he helped Queensland win the Super Rugby Next Gen title.
And in those performances Kiss saw enough to hand the 18-year-old his Super Rugby debut.
"One of the things we've been trying to do here is build depth, real quality depth, and I think we're getting better and better each year," Kiss said of Pritchard's progression. "The qualities that he brings [are] he can step off both feet, his speed off the mark is brilliant, and that's one thing you can't coach.
"He's very savvy as well, he's not a one-trick pony, he's got a lot of things up his sleeve that he can do. But more than anything, I think the players have really enjoyed training with him and watching him grow, and we believe it's the right time to bring him into play."
While Pritchard will be forced to bide his time from the bench, brother Kaden will start in the Brumbies' No. 13 jersey for the fourth straight week. The older Pritchard has done a stellar job filling the deep, deep shoes left by star Wallabies centre Len Ikitau, and scored a memorable try in the Brumbies' stunning Round 2 win over the Crusaders in Christchurch.
It is early days for both Pritchard boys, but it is not beyond the realms of possibility that the duo at some stage treads the same path as the Ella and Fainga'a brothers by playing together in the same Wallabies side.
For now, though, Treyvon Pritchard just wants to settle into Super Rugby.
"I think focusing on getting a Super Rugby spot in the next year or two is definitely a big one," he told ESPN of his personal goals.
"And then, yeah, moving forward on through, hopefully that 2031 World Cup, that's definitely a goal for me. But for the immediate future, just working on that Super Rugby spot."