Owen Farrell to captain Lions against First Nations and Pasifika XV
Melbourne, Australia (AP) – Owen Farrell will direct the British and Irish lions in their last mid -week match of the Australian tour on Tuesday against the First Nations and Pasifika XV in Melbourne.
It will be the 20th time that Farrell has played for the Lions and his first appearance of departure since his writing in the 2025 team late as injury coverage by his father Andy Farrell, the head coach.
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The Lions are 6-0 so far on the bottom tour, including a 27-19 victory over the Wallabies during the first test in Brisbane on Saturday evening.
Living to the test series, the Lions beat the Super Rugby Force Western franchises, Queensland Reds, Waratahs and Brumbies and an Australia New Zealand Invitational XV.
After the First Nations game and Pasifika XV, the Lions will send their attention to try to get the test series in Melbourne on Saturday evening. The third test is in Sydney on August 2.
Owen Farrell will play Inside Center in a midfielder partnership with Jamie Osborne in Ireland.
Scotland Scrumhalf Ben White will combine with the Swimming England Swimming Smith in the halves.
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Blair Kinghorn will come back from an injury to play in a back in a whole-nipple with Darcy Graham and Duhan Van der Merwe.
Jac Morgan, the only Welshman remains in the 44 -men team, will start on the blind side in the game of the tour in a backrow which also includes young England n ° 8 Henry Pollock.
Three days after being involved in the 23 -year -old team for the first test, Ben Earl and inside the back Alex Mitchell and Marcus Smith sit on the bench for the tour match. Garry Ringrose returns from an injury to take a place on the replacement bench.
Andy Farrell said the match had given all Lions players “another opportunity to get their hands on the selection for the last two tests”.
“The spirit of the coaches is open with regard to selection, they must be with so many players who play and grow for places.”
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