Former All Black prop Aidan Ross has been called up by Australia as they prepare for Saturday’s third Test against the British and Irish Lions in Sydney.
The 29-year-old, who played for New Zealand in two Test defeats by Ireland in 2022, was born in Australia before moving across the Tasman as a child.
Under World Rugby’s ‘birthright’ rules, players can represent a second nation after a three-year stand-down period if they, a parent or a grandparent were born in that second nation.
Ross, who was part of the Chiefs team that lost the Super Rugby final last month, has since moved to the Queensland Reds.
He has already played the Lions twice on their tour, turning out for the Reds and an invitational Australia and New Zealand side.
Elsewhere wing Harry Potter has been ruled out of the tour finale after straining his hamstring in Australia’s second Test defeat in Melbourne.