Allan Alaalatoa to lead Australia against Georgia

Australia head coach Joe Schmidt has made 10 changes to the starting line up for the upcoming Test against Georgia to be played on Saturday.

Tom Wright, Hunter Paisami, Fraser McReight, Rob Valetini and Filipo Daugunu are the players, who have retained their places from the second Test against Wales that they went on to win 36-28.

While Wright retains his place at fullback, Daugunu moves from left to right wing with Darby Lancaster making his debut donning the number 11 jersey. Len Ikitau is drafted into the midfield joining Paisami while Ben Donaldson takes the kicking responsibility with Tate McDermott at scrum-half.

While McReight and Valetini have retained their places at back row, Harry Wilson joins them at number eight with Nick Frost joining Angus Blyth in the second row. Schmidt has named Allan Alaalatoa as the skipper - the third player to captain in as many games since Schmidt took over this year.

Alaalatoa is joined by Isaac Kailea and Billy Pollard in the front row while Alex Hodgman is set to make his debut when he comes off the bench.

“Georgia have proven to be a very tough team to play as demonstrated by their wins against Italy and Wales in recent years, as well as their victory last week in Japan,” said Schmidt.

“They have added some very exciting backs to their traditional forward strength and challenge opponents across the park.”

Australia XV: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Filipo Daugunu, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Darby Lancaster, 10 Ben Donaldson, 9 Tate McDermott, 8 Harry Wilson, 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Rob Valetini, 5 Angus Blyth, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Allan Alaalatoa (c), 2 Billy Pollard, 1 Isaac Kailea

Reserves: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Alex Hodgman, 18 Zane Nonggorr, 19 Tom Hooper, 20 Jeremy Williams, 21 Nic White, 22 Noah Lolesio, 23 Andrew Kellaway