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Henderson To Captain The Lions For The Match Against The Sharks.

Monday, 5 July 2021 10:59

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

File image: British & Irish Lions logo/Twitter'

Tour Captain Conor Murray is named amongst the replacements.

Iain Henderson will captain the Lions for the first time when Warren Gatland's face the Sharks in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Bundee Aki is also named in the starting 15, while Tour Captain Conor Murray is named amongst the replacements.

Tadhg Furlong, Tadhg Beirne and Jack Conan are also named on the bench - Tom Curry, Josh Navidi and Adam Beard will make their Lions debuts.

It's the second game of the Lions' tour of South Africa, which will end with three Test matches against the Springboks.

TEAM NEWS 🦁

Here is our #LionsRugby team to face the @TheSharksZA on Wednesday 💪

Read more below 👇#CastleLionsSeries #LionsSA2021
— British & Irish Lions (@lionsofficial) July 5, 2021

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