British and Irish Lions
1.Pierre Schoeman 2.Luke Cowan-Dickie 3.FInlay Bealham 4.Tadhg Beirne 5.James Ryan
6.Henry Pollock 7.Van der Flier 8.Ben Earl 9.Alex Mitchell 10.Fin Smith
11.Blair Kinghorn 12.Sione Tuipulotu 13.Huw Jones 14.Mack Hansen 15.Hugo Keenan
16.Dan Sheehan 17.Ellis Genge 18.Tadhg Furlong 19.Joe McCarthy
20.Scott Cummings 21.Jac Morgan 22.Ben White 23.Marcus Smith
Waratahs
1.Tom Lambert 2.Ethan Dobbins 3.Taniela Tupou 4.Fergus Lee-Warner 5.Miles Amatosero
6.Rob Leota 7.Charlie Gamble 8.Hugh Sinclair(C) 9.Teddy Wilson 10.Jack Bowen
11.Darby Lancaster 12.Joey Walton 13.Lalakai Foketi 14.Andrew Kellaway 15.Lawson Creighton
16.Mahe Vailanu 17.Jack Barrett 18.Daniel Botha 19.Matt Philip
20.Jamie Adamson 21.Jack Drant 22.Tane Edmed 23.Henry O'Connell
The Lions have made several changes to the side that will now take on the Waratahs. Schoeman, Cowan-Dickie and Bealham all start in the front row with each of them needing a big performance to get into the team. In the second row, the Irish duo of Beirne and Ryan will look to put themselves properly into the reckoning after some underwhelming performances. By the end of this game Henry Pollock will have played each of the three back row positions on this tour and he has impressed in all of them. The half backs are the Northampton and England duo of Mitchell and Smith. There is also a familiar partnership in the centres with Scotland teammates Jones and Tuipulotu taing the field together. The biggest selection news comes in the back three. Keenan was in line to play his first game of the tour on Wednesay but missed out due to illness so starts at fullback today. On the wing, Kinghorn starts on the left where he often plays for Toulouse in a move that seems to be more about getting him some game-time more than anything else.
The Waratahs have several players missing for this game but can still cause some issues. Sualii, Gordon, Bell and Porecki are the biggest names to be missing. However, Kellaway and Tupou are available for this game and are joined by some other dangerous players.Darby Lancaster, the left winger, is absolutely rapid and a powerful player who can cause serious issues if the Lions don't tighten up their defence.
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