British and Irish Lions vs Western Pressure: Dan Sheehan captains facet as Andy Farrell rings adjustments | Rugby Union Information

Dan Sheehan will captain the British and Irish Lions on his debut for the facet as head coach Andy Farrell makes 13 adjustments to the beginning XV for Saturday’s conflict vs Western Pressure in Perth.

The Lions squad of 2025 suffered defeat of their first tour sport towards Argentina in Dublin final week, with centre Sione Tuipulotu and ahead Tadhg Beirne the one gamers to take care of their locations – the latter swapping from lock to blindside flanker.

The primary beginning facet in Australia sees eight Irish gamers, 4 Scottish, two English and one Welshman – scrum-half Tomos Williams.

Of the 38-player travelling celebration, solely three gamers can have didn’t have had an involvement for the Lions within the opening two video games: full-back Hugo Keenan (calf) and scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park (glute) – who each at present have knocks – and full-back Blair Kinghorn, who performs for Toulouse in Saturday’s Prime 14 remaining.

The facet for Perth sees Elliot Daly begin at full-back, linking up with Irish wings Mack Hansen and James Lowe in an all-new back-three.

Garry Ringrose comes into the midfield to companion Tuipulotu – who shifts to inside-centre from the 13 channel – whereas Finn Russell is introduced in to begin at fly-half alongside Williams.

Into the forwards, loosehead Pierre Schoeman and tighthead Tadhg Furlong are available to begin both facet of Sheehan, whereas the second row sees Scott Cummings and Joe McCarthy paired collectively.

Henry Pollock is called to begin at No 8 within the back-row, with openside Josh van der Flier finishing the unit with Beirne at 6.

The replacements bench sees an extra three Irishmen, three Englishmen and one Scot: Ronan Kelleher, Andrew Porter, Will Stuart, Ollie Chessum, Jack Conan, Alex Mitchell, Huw Jones and Marcus Smith.

“We now have had a very good week of coaching and all the journey and time zone adjustments have been managed rather well, so we’re good to go,” Farrell mentioned.

“Dan Sheehan will get the chance to steer the facet towards Western Pressure, which is a superb honour for him and his household – so congratulations to Dan as he captains the facet on his Lions debut.

“We all know the standard and expertise the Pressure have and the chance to play towards the Lions at all times brings out particular performances from the Tremendous Rugby sides, so we count on them to be at their greatest.”

British and Irish Lions facet to face Western Pressure – reside on Sky Sports activities

British and Irish Lions: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Tomos Williams; 1 Pierre Schoeman, 2 Dan Sheehan, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Scott Cummings, 5 Joe McCarthy, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 7 Josh van der Flier, 8 Henry Pollock

Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Huw Jones, 23 Marcus Smith.

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