Murray Will Captain The Lions Against South Africa "A".

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Monday, July 12th, 2021 11:33am

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

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Eadestown's Tadhg Beirne is named among the replacements.

Conor Murray will captain the Lions for the first time in Wednesday’s clash with South Africa 'A’ in Cape Town.

Ireland team-mates Bundee Aki and Iain Henderson also named in the starting 15, while Eadestown'sTadhg Beirne is named among the replacements.

Murray, who came off the bench last Saturday, will partner Dan Biggar at half-back.
 

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