Owen Farrell has been included among the many replacements with Henry Pollock restored to the beginning XV for the British and Irish Lions’ recreation with an Australia and New Zealand Invitational XV in Adelaide on Saturday.
Farrell, who was drafted into the squad by his father and head coach Andy after Elliot Daly’s arm damage in opposition to Queensland Reds, will begin on the bench on the Adelaide Oval.
The 33-year-old might make his nineteenth Lions look from the bench with Munster’s Tadhg Beirne captaining the aspect for the second time in Australia as Maro Itoje is given a relaxation.
England ahead Pollock is again within the beginning line-up after withdrawing from Saturday’s 21-10 victory over the Waratahs as a precaution with a decent calf.
The 20-year-old and his team-mates have one remaining alternative to pressure his approach into Farrell’s considering one week out from the beginning of the Take a look at sequence in opposition to the Wallabies on July 19, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Lions staff to face AUNZ Invitational XV
Beginning XV: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Ben White; 1 Pierre Schoeman, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Will Stuart, 4 James Ryan, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 6 Henry Pollock, 7 Jac Morgan, 8 Ben Earl.
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Marcus Smith, 23 Owen Farrell.
Sky Sports activities will solely present the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, with all three Checks in opposition to the Wallabies and 6 warm-up matches to be proven solely dwell.
