Tom Robertson, Darcy Swain, Nick Champion de Crespigny, Nic White, Dylan Pietsch and Ben Donaldson have all been named in the Western Force side before linking up with the Australia squad on Sunday, but there’s no Kurtley Beale after he picked up a hamstring injury this week.

The Lions and Farrell can’t afford to be held to ransom by the defeat. There are only two survivors, Sione Tuipulotu and Tadhg Beirne, in the run-on team for the Western Force match, as the Lions coach turns to the rump of his Leinster, Leicester Tigers and Bath contingent who weren’t available last weekend.