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Owen Farrell has been named in the replacements for the Lions’ final warm-up game, against an AUNZ invitational XV.
The two teams for The British & Irish Lions' final warm-up game before their Test series have been named, and there are big names aplenty across the two 23s.
Andy Farrell has called Ireland star Jamie Osborne into his British & Irish Lions squad to provide cover for the injured Blair Kinghorn. Kinghorn suffered a bang to the knee in the opening stages of the Lions' victory over the Brumbies in Canberra on Wednesday.
Andy Farrell has named the team that will play against Les Kiss’ AUNZ Invitational XV on Saturday evening at the Adelaide Oval.
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Following the announcement of Andy Farrell’s British and Irish Lions team to face the AUNZ Invitational XV, we pick out our winners and losers.
The Lions were improved in attack as they ran in five tries and had three more over the line not given, but were plagued by more breakdown struggles and a high penalty count, plus further handling errors and an injury to Blair Kinghorn.