2025 England Lions and Lionesses tour of Australia

[2] In December 2024, the IRL announced the England wheelchair team would also tour Australia for a four-match test series.

[15] Pending confirmation of a change of host, Rugby League Commercial will be looking to stage the three tests in Lancashire, London, and Yorkshire.

[17] Finally, Leeds United's Elland Road and Hull FC's MKM Stadium were reported as the likely venues for the Yorkshire match.

Coming with in was the announcement that head coach Brad Donald had quit the roll amid an investigation of a "foul-mouthed rant" of a journalist.

His assistant, Jess Skinner, was appointed interim head coach and will lead the Jillaroos in their first test of the series.