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

[drewprint]

I wish we had a lock who on a quiet night has 10 carries for 31m, 9 passes, 18 tackles, 11 lineouts, 2 linebreaks, a turnover, and a try

He turned it on in the second half absolutely. First half he was well contained.

 

[Dctarget]

Interesting that Edmed is the lone petunia in the onion patch but I suppose after a season in NPC he speaks the language.

Did you forget about the Wallabies best winger of the past decade?

 

[Wilson]

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

The British & Irish Lions team announced for AUNZ Invitational XV clash in Adelaide - The British & Irish Lions Website

Andy Farrell has named the team that will play against Les Kiss’ AUNZ Invitational XV on Saturday evening at the Adelaide Oval.

www.lionsrugby.com

 

[fatprop]

Edmed gets his chance to demonstrate his worth

 

[Wilson]

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]

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

 

[Yoda]

Grealy should of been on the bench ahead of Campbell. Has had a great year.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Did you forget about the Wallabies best winger of the past decade?

Not really. My comment was meant to refer to current Aussie Super Rugby players in the backline.

 

[Dctarget]

Not really. My comment was meant to refer to current Aussie Super Rugby players in the backline.

"after a season in the NPC he speaks the language" suuuuuuure