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Decision time ... Should Folau be selected for the Wallabies if he announces a return to the NRL? Source:AAP

Would you pick Israel Folau against the British and Irish Lions if he announces a return to rugby league before the start of the series?

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That's the big question in Australian rugby this week following the code-hopper's virtuoso performance in NSW Waratahs' 62-point hammering of Southern Kings and the comments made by Brumbies coach Jake White.

The South African spoke before and after Folau's scintillating effort in Port Elizabeth, choosing to standby his original comments that Folau shouldn't be picked for the Wallabies if he decides to return to the NRL in 2014.

He was, however, yet to watch Folau's man-of-the-match performance - an 80 minutes that yielded a try, two try-assists, 16 tacke busts, seven offloads, two linebreaks and three linebreak creates – when quizzed following the Brumbies' seven-point defeat to the Crusaders.

"For the record, all I'm saying is that it's a massive honour to play for any country in rugby union," White said when asked if he was standing by his "indictment on Australian rugby" comments.

"And at the end of the day, if asking a player to commit himself to the cause for longer, in terms of the fact he's got to show commitment to Australian rugby and the Wallabies, if that's too much then here's a boy who's saying play me at 10 or 12 or whatever you want me to do that I'm happy to play.

"It's a massive mindset difference than saying listen I'll help you out but I might not stay in rugby union – that's all I'm saying.

"Whether he's good enough, no one's questioning that. Whether he can play at the Wallabies, no one's questioning that.

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"I just think that it makes sense that any person who wants to play for his country should have the respect of the jumper to make sure there's a long term view of staying in the setup."

Folau was brilliant on Saturday night. From the moment he cut through the Kings' defence in the first minute to his clever offload for the game's final try, the hosts had no answer to his mixture of power, strength and skill.

His combination with fly half Bernard Foley gets better every week while wingers Peter Betham, Cam Crawford and Tom Kingston have quickly learned the value of running off the former Queensland Origin star's shoulder.

There still may be some chance White's words will carry little relevance after Folau admitted he was enjoying his time in rugby and would consider a second season.

"For me that's a good thing, I'm really enjoying what I'm doing at the moment," he said.

"And hopefully we can get something settled once we get back to Sydney … obviously there is a lot of interest from rugby league but right now I'm enjoying my rugby and taking each week as it comes."

Should the lure of a return to the NRL be too great than a decision on whether Folau lines up in the year's biggest Test series will be left to Robbie Deans and his fellow Wallabies selectors.

And needing a series victory to keep his job, you'd expect the New Zealand-born coach to pick him – on the strength of the weekend's action anyway.