 On 10 June, McCabe was named in the 31-man squad, and on 20 June he was named on the bench for the first test at Suncorp Stadium.He made his appearance just 1 minute into the game, when starting Inside Centre Christian Lealiifano was replaced due to a heavy collision with Lions center Jonathan Davies.Though, McCabe was only on the pitch for 45 minutes, when he reinjured the same part of his neck that he did in 2012, a end of year injury.