Overview
- The British & Irish Lions face the Queensland Reds at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane today at 11 am BST, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action.
- Tomos Williams has been ruled out of the tour by a hamstring injury, prompting Scotland scrum-half Ben White’s call-up and the arrival of Blair Kinghorn.
- Andy Farrell has made 14 changes to his starting XV since the 54-7 win over Western Force, retaining only Finn Russell and restoring Maro Itoje as captain.
- Queensland will field released Wallabies like Matt Faessler and Hunter Paisami, while Tate McDermott, Harry Wilson and Fraser McReight remain in Joe Schmidt’s national camp.
- The Wallabies will conclude their warm-up schedule against Fiji in Newcastle on July 6, focusing on strengthening the Len Ikitau–Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii centre partnership.