Harry Wilson retained the Australia captaincy as coach Les Kiss named his first Wallabies squad with powerful centre Isaac Henry the only debutant, but veteran prop forward James Slipper was missing.

Jasper Philipsen admitted he had been feeling the pressure before sprinting to a dominant victory from a reduced bunch at the end of the Tour de France's Alpine 17th stage on Wednesday, to end a "horrible" run of near misses.

The president of Commonwealth Sport, Dr Donald Rukare, told AFP the Commonwealth Games remains a stage "where champions are made" as Glasgow prepares to host a slimmed-down version of the event.

Pretoria will serve some Premier Padel P1 action from 26 July to 2 August.

Orlando Pirates have secured a second win in their pre-season tour of Spain.