Leeming's clubmate Oledzki takes his place on the interchange bench too with fellow forward, ex-Ireland international and 2019 Great Britain tourist Philbin. The state of Victoria, where the Grand Slam event takes place in Melbourne, has introduced a vaccine mandate for professional athletes, although authorities have not yet clarified what the requirement will be for those coming from abroad. Frayssinous, who will be taking charge of his first match, said: "The group is of very good quality despite the injuries to Theo Fages, Benjamin Garcia, Julian Bousquet, Alrix Da Costa, Gadwin Springer and Rhys Curran. TV cameras picked up Thirby asking for her team to give her everything they had with the series on the line and they responded, winning the ball from New Zealand's opening centre pass and converting before remaining rock solid on their own ball.