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20th July 2021
06:18pm BST
Alex Lowe, who is covering the tour in South Africa, reports that Ali Price will start at scrumhalf ahead of Murray. While that may not be a seismic call, due to the Scot's form, Courtney Lawes starting ahead of the in-form Tadhg Beirne is more of a head-scratcher.
Hamish Watson also misses out on a starting berth. He is named on the bench with Iain Henderson, who is bumped out due to the return of Lions tour captain Alun Wyn Jones.
Stuart Hogg starts at fullback after Liam Williams, who was concussed against the South Africa 'A', misses out. Lions assistant coach Neil Jenkins said Williams was getting through Return To Play protocols okay, but the report has him missing out due to injury.
Elsewhere, Duhan van der Merwe is on the left wing, Robbie Henshaw partners Elliot Daly in midfield and Jack Conan beats out Sam Simmonds and Faletau for the No.8 jersey.
15. Stuart Hogg 14. Anthony Watson 13. Elliot Daly 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. Duhan van der Merwe 10. Dan Biggar 9. Ali Price 1. Wyn Jones 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Alun Wyn Jones (c) 5. Maro Itoje 6. Courtney Lawes 7. Tom Curry 8. Jack Conan REPLACEMENTS: Ken Owens, Rory Sutherland, Kyle Sinckler, Tadhg Beirne, Hamish Watson, Iain Henderson, Conor Murray, Owen Farrell.The waiting will be over at 10am on Wednesday, and it will be interesting to see how close to the bone Lowe's team is. LISTEN TO HOUSE OF RUGBY'S LIONS SERIES: EPISODE 5
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