Overview
- Rugby Australia confirmed the Wallaroos' match-day 23 on Thursday with Maya Stewart cleared to start after recovering from an Achilles injury.
- Twenty-year-old fullback Caitlyn Halse is unavailable with concussion symptoms so Desiree Miller moves from the wing to start at No.15.
- Eva Karpani and Cecilia Smith return to the bench, with Karpani set to make her 49th Test appearance if she takes the field.
- Captain Siokapesi Palu Sekona and Pia Tapsell swap back-row roles so Sekona starts at blindside flanker and Tapsell at number eight.
- The team faces Scotland at Stadium Australia on Saturday as the first of two WXV Global Series Tests that will finish next week in Canberra.