Rugby-British & Irish Lions team to face Australia in first test

BRISBANE, June 20 |
Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:11am BST

BRISBANE, June 20 (Reuters) – British Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland named the following team for Saturday’s first test against Australia on Thursday:

Team – 15-Leigh Halfpenny (Wales), 14-Alex Cuthbert (Wales), 13-Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland), 12-Jonathan Davies (Wales), 11-George North (Wales), 10-Jonathan Sexton (Ireland), 9-Mike Phillips (Wales), 8-Jamie Heaslip (Ireland), 7-Sam Warburton (Wales, captain), 6-Tom Croft (England), 5-Paul O’Connell (Ireland), 4-Alun Wyn Jones (Wales), 3-Adam Jones (Wales), 2-Tom Youngs (England), 1-Alex Corbisiero (England).

Replacements – 16-Richard Hibbard (Wales), 17-Mako Vunipola England), 18-Dan Cole (England), 19-Geoff Parling (England), 20-Dan Lydiate (Wales), 21-Ben Youngs (England), 22-Owen Farrell (England), 23-Sean Maitland (Scotland).

(Compiled by Nick Mulvenney; Editing by Ian Ransom)

Article source: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/rugby-last-gasp-strockosch-try-seals-scotland-win-143031413.html

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