The British and Irish Lions are continuing their 2017 tour in New Zealand, and one of their most anticipated matches will be their first test against the All Blacks.
The British and Irish Lions are continuing their 2017 tour in New Zealand, they have already come up against six teams and gone on to win four of those games.
They beat the NZ provincial Barbarians in their opening match of the tour, but lost to the Blues in a 22-16 defeat. Owen Farrell was responsible for four penalties against the Crusaders which gave the Lions their second victory and in a dramatic game the Highlanders scored a late victory to give them a 23-22 win. The Lions have won their last two games beating the Maori All Blacks and the Chiefs.
However one of the most anticipated match is still to be played, on the 24th June the Lions will face the All Blacks at Eden Park, see the full line up for both teams below:
British & Irish Lions | All Blacks |
Liam Williams | Joe Moody |
Anthony Watson | Codie Taylor |
Jonathan Davies | Owen Franks |
Ben Te'o | Brodie Retallick |
Elliot Daly | Samuel Whitelock |
Owen Farrell | Jerome Kaino |
Conor Murray | Sam Cane |
Mako Vunipola | Kieran Read (Captain) |
Jamie George | Aaron Smith |
Tadhg Furlong | Beauden Barrett |
Alun Wyn Jones | Rieko Ioane |
George Kruis | Sonny Bill Williams |
Peter O'Mahony | Ryan Crotty |
Sean O'Brien | Israel Dagg |
Taulupe Faletau | Ben Smith |