Overview
- Maro Itoje returns to the second row and Scotland’s Ben White joins the squad to replace Welsh scrum-half Tomos Williams, who suffered a tour-ending hamstring injury
- Jamison Gibson-Park is fit to make his first Lions start alongside Finn Russell in the club’s preferred half-back combination
- Queensland Reds will field nine Wallabies with two All Blacks under coach Les Kiss, who has urged his players to dominate the breakdown
- Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has released prop Taniela Tupou, winger Andrew Kellaway and flyer Corey Toole back to their Super Rugby clubs ahead of Sunday’s Fiji Test
- Wednesday’s clash at Suncorp Stadium serves as the final provincial rehearsal before the Lions begin their three-Test series against Australia on July 19