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Wallabies cap prop Blake Schoupp will wear ACT Brumbies jersey for the first time since Super Rugby Pacific play-offs, with the tight-headed prop named in the representative front-row trio to take on the Kintetsu Liners in Osaka.
Schoupp suffered the Lisfranc injury in the final qualifying loss to the eventual Super Rugby Pacific champions Hurricanes but was named to return this week. The front rower will pack in alongside Wallaby Lachlan Lonergan and Australia Props to Rhys van Nek.
Nick Frost starts in the number 4 jersey after some impressive performances for Australia A against the Eagles-heavy USA XV. Harvey Cordukes is the second lock, while the first Australia U20 captain Toby Macpherson leads the side from the blind side.
Macpherson and Eli Langi will pack in on the flanks, while Leafi Talataina rounds out the trio of loose forwards for the international exhibition match. Lington Ilei and Darcy Breen are among the selected strikers on the bench.
Klayton Thorn will link up with Wallaby Tane Edmed at fly-half, while Kadin Pritchard lines up at outside center after playing for Australia A in the United States. Pritchard joins Dylan Bretton in the centers.
Triston Reilly and Ollie Sapsford start on the wings, with Paris Olympian Corey Toole rounding out the starting side at fullback. The extended bench includes TJ Talaileva and Jack Gordon, with nine substitutes selected.
This match will kick off at 18:30 AEDT (16:30 local time) on Saturday evening at the Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
ACT Brumbies to take over Kintetsu Liners