British and Irish Lions Tour: Which Wallabies are pushing for spots? Every contender’s chances tracked

The Super Rugby round 1 teams are in and there are a few surprises and injury concerns. So what does that mean for the upcoming Lions tour? We’ve updated the tracker and added a shock smokie to the list.

With the Australian Super Rugby teams named for round one, there are some surprise names in the reserves, and injury concerns.With Queensland Reds having the bye in round one, we’ll know more about their players’ fitness when they name their team for the round two clash against Moana Pasifika next week.

Western Force prop Harry Johnson-Holmes has suffered what is likely to be a season-ending knee injury, dashing his hopes of playing in the British & Irish Lions series.

Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham has opted to rest a host of stars for the tough trip to Fiji including Wallabies stalwarts James Slipper, Allan Alaalatoa, Nick Frost, Tom Wright and Len Ikitau.

But he also has injury concerns for star backrowers Rob Valetini and Charlie Cale, while new midfield addition David Feliuai dislocated his finger and won’t return until round three.

The Waratahs’ Wallabies contenders will all be in action against the Highlanders in round one, and all eyes will be on Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii’s first stint at fullback, having played at outside centre for the Wallabies on the spring tour.