Overview

• Andy Farrell has named a beefed-up Lions XV featuring Tadhg Beirne and Tom Curry in a size-oriented pack with no Welsh players selected for the first Test.
• Australia will be without Rob Valetini, Will Skelton and series fly-half Noah Lolesio, handing 22-year-old Tom Lynagh his first Test start alongside scrum-half Jake Gordon.
• The touring Lions remain unbeaten after five warm-up wins and will draw confidence from victories in Brisbane on the 1989, 2001 and 2013 tours.
• Farrell has warned against overconfidence despite heavy favoritism, while Joe Schmidt plans to leverage his inside knowledge of the Lions to rally a rebuilding Wallabies side.
• The first Test kicks off at 11 a.m. BST on Saturday (8 p.m. AEST) at a sold-out Suncorp Stadium, where both coaches insist tomorrow’s match demands full focus.