The Wallabies will head into the first Test against the Lions in Brisbane with new faces, and the Lions will have a former Junior Wallaby starting in the midfield.

Flanker Nick Champion de Crespigny will debut for the Wallabies in their British and Irish Lions series opener while Will Skelton has missed selection.

Hulking prop Taniela Tupou and winger Filipo Daugunu were released from the Wallabies squad Thursday to bolster a First Nations and Pasifika side to face the British and Irish Lions next week.