It is midwinter in Australia’s capital but things are hotting up in terms of British & Irish Lions’ Test selection. Andy Farrell has picked his strongest combination to date for his squad’s penultimate fixture before the Test series against the Wallabies, and he is clearly seeking a morale-boosting dress rehearsal in preparation for the first Test on Saturday week.
The majority of the Lions’ leading names have been selected to start against the ACT Brumbies on Wednesday, with the first-choice pairing of Finn Russell and Jamison Gibson-Park reunited at half-back inside an all-Ireland centre combination of Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose. While Farrell has also named both Ollie Chessum and Tom Curry in the back row, he insists nothing is entirely guaranteed.
