Good morning and welcome to live coverage of the British and Irish Lions first test against Australia. Finally, the warm ups are over and the test match is here. Kickoff in Brisbane is at 11am Irish time.
Here are the two teams that have been named to start this first test:
Australia: T Wright; M Jorgensen, JA Suaalii, L Ikitau, H Potter; T Lynagh, J Gordon; J Slipper, M Faessler, A Alaalatoa, N Frost, J Williams; N Champion de Crespigny, F McReight, H Wilson. Replacements: B Pollard, A Bell, T Robertson, T Hooper, C Tizzano, T McDermott, B Donaldson, A Kellaway
British and Irish Lions: H Keenan (Ireland); T Freeman (England), H Jones (Scotland), S Tuipulotu (Scotland), J Lowe (Ireland); F Russell (Scotland), J Gibson-Park (Ireland); E Genge (England), D Sheehan (Ireland), T Furlong (Ireland); M Itoje (England) – captain, J McCarthy (Ireland); T Beirne (Ireland), T Curry (England), J Conan (Ireland). Replacements: R Kelleher (Ireland), A Porter (Ireland), W Stuart (England), O Chessum (England), B Earl (England), A Mitchell (England), M Smith (England), B Aki (Ireland).
Here’s the preview of today’s game, with the Lions heavily fancied to win in Australia. However, the Wallabies beat England and Wales, and lost narrowly to Ireland last year, so they will be hopeful that their fortunes are changing.
