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AUNZ Invitational XV v British & Irish Lions Saturday, 12 July 2025, 8:00pm Adelaide Oval

Wilson

Tim Horan (67)
Lions team:

The British & Irish Lions v AUNZ Invitational XV

Adelaide Oval, Saturday 12th July, 2025, KO: 11:00 BST

15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster Rugby/ Ireland) #881
14. Mack Hansen (Connacht Rugby/ Ireland) #867
13. Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors/ Scotland) #878
12. Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors/ Scotland) #863
11. Duhan van Der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby/Scotland) #841
10. Fin Smith (Northampton Saints/ England) #862
9. Ben White (Toulon/ Scotland) #883

1. Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby/ Scotland) #868
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks/ England) #851
3. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby/England) #877
4. James Ryan (Leinster Rugby/ Ireland) #880
5. Tadhg Beirne (Munster Rugby/ Ireland) #838 (c)
6. Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints/ England) #865
7. Jac Morgan (Ospreys/ Wales) #861
8. Ben Earl (Saracens/ England) #857

Replacements:

16. Ronan Kelleher (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #864
17. Andrew Porter (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #876
18. Finlay Bealham (Connacht Rugby/ Ireland) #856
19. Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors/ Scotland) #869
20. Josh van der Flier (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #874
21. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints/ England) #860
22. Marcus Smith (Harlequins/ England) #855
23. Owen Farrell (Saracens/England) #780
 

Wilson

Tim Horan (67)
Interesting to see Keenan start - with Kinghorn's injury I thought Farrell might have been tempted to cotton wool him. Assuming Kinghorn is out for test 1 (scans pending) Keenan is the only out and out fullback left in the squad and he hasn't necessarily been 100%.
 

Jimmy_Crouch

Peter Johnson (47)
Confirmed squad members who aren't in the 23:

Daniel Botha
Darby Lancaster
Joey Walton
Lachlan Anderson
Mac Grealy
Richie Asiata
Seru Uru

Mostly the Super guys who've already had a crack at the Lions and were probably called in just for depth/to give them some more experience. Consider it Tahs bias but I would have loved to see Joey Walton and Lancaster have a tilt at this one but under the circumstances I get it. I also liked Grealy and Uru a lot in their respective games.
Asiata might get a run with Uru in the First Nations and Pasifika game
 
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