Overview
- Australia carry a 2-0 lead into Headingley and aim to complete a 3-0 whitewash.
- Isaah Yeo has been cleared under NRL concussion protocols to resume the captaincy, replacing Lindsay Smith in the 17.
- Six touring players remain unused on the trip: Mitchell Moses, Dylan Edwards, Bradman Best, Blayke Brailey, Jacob Preston and Ethan Strange.
- Walters confirmed the decision after consulting senior players and selectors, with Moses and Edwards publicly supporting the call to retain incumbents.
- The match-day squad is set with Reece Walsh, Cameron Munster, Nathan Cleary and Harry Grant starting, Tom Dearden, Lindsay Collins, Reuben Cotter and Keaon Koloamatangi on the bench, Bradman Best as 18th man, and the Fulton-Reilly player-of-the-series to be awarded after the Test.