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Published 10:05 27 Jul 2021 BST
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British and Irish Lions players line-up before the First Test against South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Sportsfile)[/caption]
Mako Vunipola is rewarded for his impact off the bench with the No.1 jersey. Wyn Jones remains out so Rory Sutherland is on the bench.
Chris Harris is named at outside centre, with Elliot Daly dropping down to the bench. Robbie Henshaw remains at inside centre.
The other startinng switch is Conor Murray coming in at scrumhalf, with Ali Price dropping down to the bench. Watson and Liam Williams are two men that were involved last week that now miss out completely on the match-day squad.
15. Stuart Hogg 14. Anthony Watson 13. Chris Harris 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. Duhan van der Merwe 10. Dan Biggar 9. Conor Murray 1. Mako Vunipola 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, Toby Faletau, Ali Price, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly.The Springboks will announce their team later this afternoon.
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