The Socceroos will start their World Cup qualification campaign without Martin Boyle after the attacker was ruled out of their clash with Bangladesh through a knee injury.
Australia kick off their run to the 2026 tournament, co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico, by playing Bangladesh at Melbourne's AAMI Park on Thursday, then Palestine in Kuwait five days later.
But Hibernian's Boyle, who missed last year's World Cup with a torn right ACL, will only be available for the latter game due to swelling on that knee.
