It is not known whether the RA board and high performance unit has accepted the proposal but with Scotland's Scott Johnson set to return home to Australia for a director of rugby role with the Wallabies,it is certain to not be the last change made to Cheika's set-up.
A source told the Herald there would be"significant,eye-catching changes"made to the Wallabies'assistant coaching ranks.
Forwards coach Simon Raiwalui is also under pressure. He was the last man recruited by Cheika,moving his family home from France to join the Wallabies in March,but he has not been able to turn around Australia's set-piece performances after the departure of his predecessor Mario Ledesma. He has a contract until the end of 2019.
If Larkham was to depart it would come as no surprise to fans who have watched the Wallabies'attack falter over successive seasons. The team's try-scoring average almost halved this year,dropping from an average of 4.21 tries per game in 2017 to 2.31 this year. Their point-scoring ability has also been on the wane,falling from an average of 31.14 points per game in 2017 to 19.15 points per game this year.
But it would be a shock turnaround from Cheika's sentiment up until this point. He rejected making changes to his coaching team at every turn this year and gave his Super Rugby rival a public endorsement as his successor as recently as February.
"It is obviously not my decision ... but that’s what I like,I like the idea of having that type of succession,"Cheika told News Corp.
"As long as we are doing a good job,as a group.