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The long-awaited first Test between the British and Irish Lions and the Wallabies will take place on Saturday at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

The match will kick off at 11am UK time and will be shown exclusively on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. Subscribers to Sky can watch it via their package, while fans can sign up to Sky Sports here.

Fans in Australia can watch on 9 and 9Now, and US fans can watch on Paramount+, which has the rights to the three Test matches. Coverage begins at 10am.

The Lions will travel to Brisbane on the back of convincing victories over Western Force and Queensland Reds, and less convincing wins over ACT Brumbies and NSW Waratahs. The team did thrash an invitational Australia and New Zealand last time out but the Wallabies are going to be the toughest test yet for the tourists.

Andy Farrell has left out Harry Pollock and his son, Owen, in the first Lions Test side. Tom Curry has been chosen in place of Pollock and will start ahead of  Jac Morgan and Josh van der Flier in the back-row.

There are also starts for Tommy Freeman, Hugo Keenan and James Lowe in the back three, while Sione Tuipulotu starts alongside Huw Jones in the midfield.

Australia are without back-row Rob Valetini and lock Will Skelton through injury in what is a major blow. Tom Lynagh has got the nod at fly-half after an injury to first choice Noah Lolesio.

The teams

British and Irish Lions: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Marcus Smith, 23 Bundee Aki

Wallabies: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Max Jorgensen, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 12 Len Ikitau, 11 Harry Potter, 10 Tom Lynagh, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Harry Wilson (c), 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Nick Champion de Crespigny, 5 Jeremy Williams, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 James Slipper
Replacements: 16 Billy Pollard, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Tom Robertson, 19 Tom Hooper, 20 Carlo Tizzano, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Andrew Kellaway

Date: Saturday, July 19
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-Off: 7:45pm AEST, 10:45am BST
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)
Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU), Andrea Piardi (FIR)
TMO: Richard Kelly (NZR)
FPRO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)