Interim Ireland coach Michael Bradley has made two changes to the starting line-up for the one-off Test against Australia at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne on Saturday.
Veteran scrum-half Peter Stringer has been rewarded for a strong second-half performance against New Zealand at the weekend and will start, while hooker Rory Best has been promoted to the XV.
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