Australia winger Wendell Sailor could miss the Wallabies' end-of-season tour to South America and Europe after injuring his knee in training.

The former rugby league international suffered a recurrence of an old knee problem while practising his kicking.

Australia coach Eddie Jones said Sailor had been told to rest but was hoping to resume training on Sunday.

He added that he expected Sailor to be passed fit to join the rest of the squad when it flies out of Sydney next Thursday.

"He hasn't been very good over the last couple of days but as far as we can ascertain he will be fine for training on Sunday," said Jones.

"With the right sort of medication to keep the inflammation down, he will be right for the tour."

Australia's four-match tour kicks off against Argentina on 2 November.

The Wallabies will then come to Europe for Tests against Ireland (9 November), England (16 November) and Italy (23 November).