Leinster stars Johnny Sexton and Tadhg Furlong were brought out to Australia, but Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has left them out of the starting side in Brisbane.
Rumours swirled in the lead-up to their squad announcement that Schmidt was going to leave a host of his top names in Ireland, but instead the Kiwi has opted to ease them into the series, after a long European and Pro14 season.
Though that pair are on the bench, this is by no means a depleted Ireland side.
Schmidt has kept nine of the players who started in the side's last Test, a Grand Slam-clinching win over England in the Six Nations, with three starters from that game (Sexton, Furlong and Cian Healy) shifted to the bench for this series opener.
Ten-cap flyhalf Joey Carbery will start ahead of Sexton in the Brisbane Test, teaming up with the experienced Conor Murray in the halves, while John Ryan will play his 14th Test, in the starting tighthead spot.
Flanker Peter O'Mahony will captain the team in place of the injured Rory Best, who has already been ruled out of the series with a hamstring injury.
The Wallabies named their team earlier on Thursday afternoon, with three debutants in the mix.
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TEAM
Ireland to face Wallabies
1. Jack McGrath
2. Rob Herring
3. John Ryan
4. Iain Henderson
5. James Ryan
6. Peter O'Mahony
7. Jordi Murphy
8. CJ Stander
9. Conor Murray
10. Joey Carbery
11. Jacob Stockdale
12. Bundee Aki
13. Robbie Henshaw
14. Keith Earls
15. Rob Kearney
Reserves
16. Sean Cronin
17. Cian Healy
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Quinn Roux
20. Jack Conan
21. Kieran Marmion
22. Johnny Sexton
23. Jordan Larmour
