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The British and Irish Lions will travel to Melbourne to take on Australia in the second Test of the series on Saturday.
After a win in Brisbane, a second victory would award the entire series to the tourists, so the Wallabies will be desperate to level the scores at a packed-out MCG.
Watch the series deciding fixture
The match will kick off at 11am UK time on Saturday, 26 July and will be shown on Sky Sports. Fans can watch via a Sky Sports subscription or sign up to get access to Sky Sports here. Coverage of the game in the UK and Ireland will begin an hour before kick-off.
Fans in Australia will be able to watch on Channel 9’s Stan Sport, and fans in the US will be able to watch on CBS/Paramount+.
There are just two games left for the Lions in the 2025 tour. After Melbourne’s impressive MCG the sides will travel to Sydney’s Accor Stadium for the final Test on 2 August.
The Lions have made three changes to the team that won 27-19 in Brisbane. Andrew Porter replaces Ellis Genge at loosehead and lock Ollie Chessum starts ahead of Joe McCarthy. Sione Tuipulotu, who scored the first try against Australia last time out, is injured and will be replaced with Huw Jones.
There are nine Irish players in the starting line-up for the Lions, who will be captained by England’s Maro Itoje.
Owen Farrell, who played in the warm-up against a First Nations and Pasifika XV, is included in the squad.
Australia welcome back lock Will Skelton, hooker Dave Porecki and flanker Rob Valetini to the starting team.
The teams
Wallabies:Â 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 Rob Valetini, 5 Will Skelton, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 David Porecki, 1 James Slipper
Replacements:Â 16 Billy Pollard, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Tom Robertson, 19 Jeremy Williams, 20 Langi Gleeson, 21 Carlo Tizzano, 22 Tate McDermott, 23 Ben Donaldson
British and Irish Lions: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will Stuart, 19 James Ryan, 20 Jac Morgan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Blair Kinghorn
Date: Saturday, July 22
Venue: MCG Stadium, Melbourne
Kick-Off: 7:45pm AEST, 10:45am BST
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)
Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (GRU), Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
FPRO: Marius Jonker (SARU)