Lions name team for tour-opening match

Former NRL star Ben Te'o is in the British and Irish Lions starting team to be led by Sam Warburton for the opening match of their New Zealand tour.

British and Irish Lions tour captain Sam Warburton

Sam Warburton will lead the British and Irish Lions in their opening match of their NZ tour. (AAP)

Tour captain Sam Warburton will lead the British and Irish Lions in their opening tour match against the New Zealand provincial Barbarians in Whangarei.

Flanker Warburton forms part of an all-Wales loose forward trio for the match on Saturday, while all three Scottish members of the tour party are in the starting side.

England's former NRL star Ben Te'o is the starting inside centre.

Lions: Stuart Hogg, Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Ben Te'o, Tommy Seymour, Jonathan Sexton, Greig Laidlaw, Toby Faletau, Sam Warburton (capt), Ross Moriarty, Iain Henderson, Alun Wyn Jones, Kyle Sinckler, Rory Best, Joe Marler. Interchange: Jamie George, Mako Vunipola, Tadhg Furlong, George Kruis, Justin Tipuric, Rhys Webb, Owen Farrell, Jared Payne.


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