All six Leicester Tigers in the British & Irish Lions squad have been chosen to face Western Force in Perth on Wednesday.
Manu Tuilagi and Dan Cole will make their Lions debuts in the starting line-up while Tom Croft also starts after making his debut on the 2009 tour of South Africa.
Tom Youngs, Ben Youngs and Geoff Parling are all on the bench.
Just hours after touching down on Australian soil, head coach Warren Gatland picked a side which does not include any of the players that started against the barbarians in Hong Kong last Saturday. It will be captained by Irish centre Brian O'Driscoll.
The game against the Australian Super 15 side takes place at Patersons (correct) Stadium and kicks off at 11.0 BST.
Lions: Halfpenny, Bowe, O'Driscoll, Tuilagi, North; Sexton, Murray; Healy, Best, Cole, AW Jones, Evans, Croft, O'Brien, Heaslip.
Bench: T Youngs, Vunipla, Stevens, Parling, Faletau, B Youngs, Farrell, Maitland.
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