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Lions Name Strong Team For Aussie Opener 8 views
04 June 2013 by Real Deal
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The Western Force will struggle to contain this British and Irish Lions team
There's plenty of forward power, ball winning capability and robust backs with tons of pace out wide to give any side in the Southern Hemisphere a serious tickle up.
Brian O'Driscoll will captain the side while Sam Warburton recovers for the 2nd game against the Reds this saturday (8th of June).
It's hard to find any weaknesses in this team apart from fact that they haven't formed any real combinations as yet. This could be the only thing that keeps the Western Force in the game.. at least for the 1st half anyway?
The loose forward battle will be an interesting one to follow, the Force are usually a very hard-working and mobile unit, just looking at this Lions lot though sends some shivers down your spine!
The Force's depth will be tested also with Ben McCalman and Nick Cummins away with the Wallabies, the Lions will have great depth and energy coming off their bench.
British and Irish Lions:
15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c), 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 George North, 10 Jonny Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip; 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Ian Evans, 4 Alun-Wyn Jones, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Matt Stevens, 19 Geoff Parling, 20 Toby Faletau, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Sean Maitland.
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