Advertisement League of Ireland Horse Racing TV Listings GAA Fixtures The Video Review Sport meets news, current affairs, society & pop culture Rugby Weekly Extra Dive into all the news and analysis 3 times a week The Football Family Weekly insights from the week’s big talking points Advertisement More Stories Dan Sheridan/INPHO Live: Brumbies v British & Irish Lions, Australia Tour 2025 Follow live coverage as the Lions up their preparation for the opening Test against the Wallabies. 10.18am, 9 Jul 2025 Share options 11 mins ago A reminder of Andy Farrell’s selection for the Irish and British but mostly Irish Lions in Canberra this morning. Word from the ground earlier in the tour was that Farrell had targeted this game as a run-out for the Test team, so this is a selection of guys who are either nailed on to start against Australia or who at least have put themselves in the position to defend their jersey. There are eight Irish starters, with another four on the bench. LIONS: Blair Kinghorn; Tommy Freeman, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, James Lowe; Finn Russell, Jamison Gibson-Park; Ellis Genge, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong; Maro Itoje (captain), Joe McCarthy; Ollie Chessum, Tom Curry, Jack Conan. Replacements: Rónan Kelleher, Andrew Porter, Will Stuart, Josh van der Flier, Henry Pollock, Alex Mitchell, Marcus Smith, Mack Hansen The Brumbies, meanwhile, are of course without their front-line Wallabies, but they have backline threats in Andy Muirhead and Corey Toole, while blindside Tom Hooper played for the Wallabies off the bench last weekend. BRUMBIES: Andy Muirhead; Ben O’Donnell, Ollie Sapsford, David Feliuai, Corey Toole; Declan Meredith, Ryan Lonergan (captain); Lington Ieli, Lachlan Lonergan, Rhys van Nek; Lachie Shaw, Cadeyrn Neville; Tom Hooper, Rory Scott, Tuaina Taii Tualima. Replacements: Liam Bowron, Cameron Orr, Feao Fotuaika, Lachie Hooper, Luke Reimer, Harrison Goddard, Jack Debreczeni, Hudson Creighton. 17 mins ago Morning all, welcome to our live coverage of the Lions’ penultimate warm–up game of the 2025 tour. Today’s opponents are the ACT Brumbies, underlined in advance as the Lions most dangerous warm-up opponents, and to whom they infamously lost on the eve of the first Test in 2013. After a fitful win over the Waratahs last Saturday, Andy Farrell has picked what looks suspiciously like his planned selection for that opening test against the Wallabies in 10 days time. Kick-off is at 11am Irish time, and we’ll bring you through it, blow-by-blow. It’s Gavin Cooney with you this morning, so get in touch below the line or by emailing gavincooney@the42.ie. 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