AUNZ invitational XV head coach Les Kiss has named his full 30-man squad to take on the British and Irish Lions this weekend in Adelaide, the last game for the Lions before the first Test.
Kiss will be joined by former All Blacks head coach Ian Foster, as well as Force head coach Simon Cron and Zane Hilton from the Reds.
The squad features a number of experienced Wallabies and All Blacks who will feature in the historic match at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
Kiss’s squad for the one of fixture includes a number of players involved in recent games against the Lions on their 2025 Australia tour, with a heavy contingent from the Reds playing group who pushed the Lions in the first half, but fell away in the late stages in Brisbane.
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Maori All Blacks captain and Blues hooker Kurt Eklund is named in the squad, after playing in back-to-back weeks against Japan XV and Scotland respectively.
Waratahs first-five Tane Edmed will be one of the playmakers, alongside 21-year-old Harry McLaughlin-Phillips.
Kiss will find it difficult to select a backline with the amount of depth in the squad, with the likes of Mac Grealy, Darby Lancaster, Shaun Stevenson, Marika Koroibete, Jock Campbell and AJ Lam all in the mix.
Only two halfbacks are named, with two-Test All Black No.9 Folau Fakatava involved alongside Reds haflback Kalani Thomas.
AUNZ INVITATIONAL XV SQUAD (Country of representation, current side)
Aidan Ross (Australia/New Zealand, Queensland Reds)
AJ Lam (New Zealand, Blues)
Angus Blyth (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Brandon Paenga-Amosa (Australia, Western Force)
Daniel Botha (Australia, NSW Waratahs)
Darby Lancaster (Australia, NSW Waratahs)
David Havili (New Zealand, Crusaders)
Folau Fakatava (New Zealand, Highlanders)
George Dyer (New Zealand, Chiefs)
Harry McLaughlin-Phillips (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Hoskins Sotutu (New Zealand, Blues)
Jeffery Toomaga-Allen (New Zealand/Samoa, Queensland Reds)
Jock Campbell (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Joe Brial (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Joey Walton (Australia, NSW Waratahs)
Joshua Fusitu’a (New Zealand, Blues)
Kalani Thomas (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Kurt Eklund (New Zealand, Blues)
Lachlan Anderson (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Mac Grealy (Australia, Western Force)
Marika Koroibete (Australia, Panasonic Wild Knights)
Matt Philip (Australia, NSW Waratahs)
Ngani Laumape (New Zealand, Moana Pasifika)
Pete Samu (Australia, NSW Waratahs)
Richie Asiata (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Seru Uru (Australia, Queensland Reds)
Shannon Frizell (New Zealand, Toshiba Brave Lupus)
Shaun Stevenson (New Zealand, Kubota Spears)
Tane Edmed (Australia, NSW Waratahs)
