Deans selected Giteau as Australia's new fly-half, following the retirement of Stephen Larkham. Giteau played fly-half against Ireland and France in the mid year test. In the 2008 Tri Nations Series, Giteau played in all six games. He played against the All Blacks winning 34–22 at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, and against South Africa winning 27–15 at Kings Park Stadium in Durban. Giteau was also a part of the Wallabies' record loss that following week to South Africa 53–8. Super Rugby Giteau played for the Western Force for 2007–09. In 2007 the Force finished seventh, and recorded their first home win (17–18 against the Hurricanes). In 2010 Giteau returned to Canberra and the Brumbies, where he played for 2010 and 2011. Move to France During the 2011 Super Rugby season, Giteau signed with the French club Toulon, a move that would take effect after the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Despite not being selected for the Australian World Cup squad, he could not join Toulon until mid-November, as he was still under contract with the Australian Rugby Union through the World Cup. In May 2013 he started as Toulon won the 2013 Heineken Cup Final by 16–15 against Clermont Auvergne. He won three European titles with Toulon starting all three. In 2015 they won three successive European titles, (2013 vs Clermont 16–15, 2014 vs Saracens 23-6, and 2015 vs Clermont 24-18). He also won the Top 14 in 2014. 2015 In 2015, national coach Michael Cheika negotiated with the Australian Rugby Union to allow players with 60 caps or more eligible to represent the Wallabies despite not playing in the Super Rugby known as Giteau's law. Giteau played against the Springboks winning 24–20 at Suncorp Stadium, and against the All Blacks 27–19 at ANZ Stadium. Giteau was selected in the Wallabies 31-man squad to represent in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. In October, during the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Giteau scored his 30th international try for the Wallabies as part of their win against England, knocking them out of the tournament. Giteau was a key player for the Wallabies to reach the Rugby World Cup final, but his World Cup dream was short lasting as Giteau copped a head knock in the opening stages of the match and ruled him out of the match, the Wallabies lost to the All Blacks 17–34 Top League In March 2017, Giteau announced that