Morgan Misses Out On Lions Opener With Australia

The British and Irish Lions will section an all-Scottish fly-half and centre trio for nan first clip successful history erstwhile they return connected Australia successful nan first Test successful Brisbane connected Saturday.

Finn Russell, Sione Tuipulotu and Huw Jones commencement for Andy Farrell's team, pinch Ireland and England making up nan remainder of nan starting line-up and squad.

The Welsh hope, Jac Morgan, has grounded to make nan 23. This is nan first clip nan Lions person named a squad against Australia, New Zealand aliases South Africa without a Welshman since 1896.

Ireland person 8 starters and different 3 connected nan bench. England person 4 starters, pinch 5 much among nan replacements.

Tom Curry has won a fiercely contested conflict for nan number 7 jersey, getting nan motion up of Morgan and Josh van der Flier.

The knowledgeable Tadhg Beirne has being picked astatine blindside flanker up of Ollie Chessum, who had made a peculiarly beardown lawsuit for inclusion.

There is nary Owen Farrell successful nan 23 contempt a melodramatic mid-tour call-up and an encouraging cameo against an AUNZ Invitational side successful Adelaide connected Saturday.

As expected, Blair Kinghorn has grounded to retrieve from wounded and nan full-back spot goes to Hugo Keenan, pinch nan in-form Tommy Freeman and nan reasonably quiet - by his standards - James Lowe connected nan wings.

Jamison Gibson-Park partners Russell astatine half-back.

The beforehand statement was predictable, Ellis Genge, Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong combining pinch Joe McCarthy and skipper Maro Itoje down them.

Keenan, Freeman, Jones, Tuipulotu, Lowe, Russell, Gibson-Park; Genge, Sheehan, Furlong. Itoje, McCarthy, Beirne, Curry, Conan.

Replacements: Kelleher, Porter, Stuart, Chessum, Earl, Mitchell, Smith, Aki