Spot the odd man out.
Four are captains of Australian Super Rugby teams.
The other is Pat McCabe, the Wallabies star who represented the skipper-less ACT Brumbies at yesterday's Super Rugby season launch in Sydney.
Stephen Hoiles's successor has yet to be appointed a fortnight before the Brumbies officially kick-off the Jake White era at Canberra Stadium.
McCabe is in the running, but the main reason he attended ahead of other captaincy contenders was because he's recovering from a shoulder injury and won't play in this weekend's trial against the Queensland Reds in Cairns.
That didn't stop Western Force captain David Pocock from cheekily predicting McCabe would beat Wallabies teammate Stephen Moore and new recruit Ben Mowen to the top job.
''Captain?? Pat McCabe fronts the press for the Brumbies...#mysterycaptain,'' Pocock tweeted.
Brumbies medical staff are hopeful McCabe could return as early as the round three game against the Free State Cheetahs.
That would mean he would miss only one game, as the Brumbies have a bye in week two.
Former South African coach Jake White made a flying trip from far north Queensland to join McCabe at the launch.
The Brumbies are the only Australian side without a captain.
The Waratahs have a new coach and captain in Michael Foley and Rocky Elsom and the Western Force a new skipper in Pocock.
Melbourne welcomes rookie coach Damien Hill with Stirling Mortlock retaining the captaincy.
The Brumbies took plenty of positives out of last weekend's 25-0 trial win against the Force, but face a sterner test against the defending champions.
Reds coach Ewen McKenzie believed his squad is as hungry for success as ever and warned he has some fresh ideas to help his side go back-to-back following its maiden title triumph over the Crusaders in last year's final.
''We're not interested in defending, we're interested in going out there and winning it,'' McKenzie said.
''Everyone else can have a different mindset, that's our mindset.
''We [didn't deliver] for so long ... we want to go out there as a team everyone expects to win and we'll take that load, it's a good load to have.''
The extended 2012 season, which begins on February24 and goes through until August, represents a new beginning for the four other Australian-based teams trying to chase down the Reds, who drew big crowds last year with their attractive brand of rugby.
Australian Rugby Union boss John O'Neill stood by his call for those four teams to rise to the level set by Queensland, insisting it wasn't a criticism but a challenge.
''You watch a successful franchise over a two-year period produce something special and you think that would be good if that was happening across the country,'' O'Neill said.
''That's caused some angst those comments but I wish them all the best and I do hope they shoot the lights out.''
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