Farrell On Bench For Final Lions Game Before Tests

Owen Farrell has been named connected nan chair for nan British and Irish Lions' last circuit lucifer earlier nan Test bid against Australia.

The 33-year-old, who joined nan circuit past week arsenic a replacement for nan injured Elliot Daly, is 1 of 2 extracurricular backs among nan replacements, pinch Marcus Smith alongside him.

Scotland's Ben White starts astatine scrum-half, pinch Jac Morgan afforded different chance to impressment astatine open-side flanker.

Henry Pollock and Ben Earl complete nan backmost row, pinch nan Scotland centre business of Sione Tuipulotu and Huw Jones besides starting.

The Australia/New Zealand invitational XV includes 63-cap Wallabies helping Marika Koroibete and All Blacks Hoskins Sotutu, Shannon Frizell and Ngani Laumape.

Tane Edmed, who made his Australia debut disconnected nan chair against Ireland successful November and could return to nan Wallabies squad aft nan wounded to their first-choice 10 Noah Lolesio, is astatine fly-half.

Former Wasps and Ulster prop Jeffery Toomaga-Allen besides starts, while Pete Samu, a cardinal portion of European champions Bordeaux-Begles backmost statement this season, is astatine open-side flanker.

British and Irish Lions: Keenan; Hansen, Jones, Tuipulotu, Van der Merwe; F Smith, White; Schoeman, Cowan-Dickie, Stuart, Ryan, Beirne (c), Pollock, Morgan, Earl

Replacements; Kelleher, Porter, Bealham, Cummings, Van der Flier, Mitchell, M Smith, Farrell

AUNZ Invitational: Stevenson; Lam, Laumape, Havili (cc), Koroibete; Edmed, Fakatava; Ross, Paenga-Amosa, Toomaga-Allen, Blyth, Salakaia-Loto, Frizell, Samu, Sotutu.

Replacements: Eklund, Fusitu'a, Dyer, Philip, Brial, Thomas, McLaughlin-Phillips, Campbell