Overview
- Les Kiss named his first matchday 23 for the Wallabies on Thursday, making nine changes to the squad that beat Italy and announcing a reworked starting XV for the Osaka Test.
- Miles Amatosero and Aidan Ross received their first Test starts while Queensland centre Isaac Henry was named on the bench as the only uncapped player who could debut.
- Kiss kept rookie Declan Meredith at flyhalf to continue the Lonergan‑Meredith pairing and left Ben Donaldson as a playmaking replacement on the bench.
- Selection choices shifted heavily in the pack with returns for hooker Josh Nasser and flanker Fraser McReight, and several experienced forwards held for impact from the bench.
- Kiss said the two‑Test series versus Eddie Jones' Japan is a live trial to build depth and combinations ahead of next year's home Rugby World Cup with heat and humidity in Osaka shaping a bench‑heavy game plan.