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Lions team announcement Live: Andy Farrell names side to face Argentina
@Source: walesonline.co.uk
Andy Farrell names his British & Irish Lions team to face Argentina today.
The six-week tour starts with a clash against Los Pumas at the Aviva Stadium on June 20, and it will be the first time in Lions history that a fixture has been held on Irish soil.
The two teams will contest for the 1888 Cup. The last time they faced each another was 20 years ago in Cardiff, which resulted in a 25-25 scoreline ahead of that year's tour of New Zealand.
There are just two Welshmen in the squad for this year's edition - the lowest representation since the Lions began. However, Jac Morgan and Tomos Williams are top-class players and will be hopeful of earning a place in the starting XV.
Over the weekend, news broke that Jamison Gibson-Park, who is widely considered to be the starting Test scrum-half ahead of Williams, had been pulled from Leinster's matchday squad for their United Rugby Championship final win over Bulls. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby.
England international Jack van Poortvliet has been called up to train with the Lions ahead of the Argentina match. He was named as part of Steve Borthwick's 36-player training squad for their upcoming internationals, but will now offer his qualities to Farrell. It remains to be seen whether Gibson-Park will make the tour, but we should get more information about this in Farrell's press conference later today.
Scotland star Zander Fagerson was ruled out of the tour with a calf injury, so Irish prop Finlay Bealham has been called up as his replacement. England duo Jamie George and Asher Opoku-Fordjour also joined the squad for their six-day training camp in Portugal.
The team announcement is expected to be made at 2pm.
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