Stringer, who will be extending his record as the most-capped Ireland scrum half by making his 84th appearance, was a replacement last time out against New Zealand and came on during the second half for Eoin Reddan.

Another replacement who saw game-time in the New Zealand game is also promoted to the starting line-up with hooker Rory Best selected to win his 24th cap.

IRELAND TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v Australia, Saturday, June 14, Telstra Stadium, Melbourne, kick-off 8.05pm local time/11.05am Irish time):

Player / Club / Caps

15 - Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 7
14 - Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster) 62
13 - Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) 84 (capt)
12 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster) 9
11 - Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 14
10 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 83
9 - Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster) 83

1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster) 57
2 - Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 23
3 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster) 85
4 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 46
5 - Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) 53
6 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) 33
7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) 47
8 - Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster) 9

Replacements:

16 - Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster) 22
17 - Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster) 8
18 - Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) 15
19 - Shane Jennings (St. Mary's College/Leinster) 2
20 - Eoin Reddan (Wasps) 11
21 - Geordan Murphy (Leicester) 57
22 - Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster) 80