Overview
- Australia and France meet at Suncorp Stadium with a 5.40pm AEST kick-off on Saturday, July 11, and both sides enter the match still searching for their first Nations Championship win.
- Declan Meredith will make his Test debut at fly-half after first-choice Carter Gordon and backup Ben Donaldson were ruled out by calf injuries, forcing a late reshuffle in the Wallabies' halves.
- France have selected a heavy, physical pack that includes 203cm/142kg Emmanuel Meafou and 130kg/187cm Moses Alo-Emile plus multiple players born in Australia, adding a homecoming subplot to their matchday 23.
- The match is sold out at Suncorp and will be widely available to stream and watch live across free and paid platforms including ITV/ITVX (UK), 9Now and Channel 9 (Australia), TF1/TF1+ (France) and RugbyPass TV (US).
- Coaches will use the result to judge squad depth ahead of the World Cup cycle so Meredith's performance at No.10 and how Australia handles France's flat, chaotic attack will have immediate selection and tactical consequences.