DAN SHEEHAN insists the Lions will use their pride in the jersey to match the determination of a Western Force side who are targeting a famous win in Perth. Captain Maro Itoje has been stood down for the opening fixture on Australian soil so Ireland hooker Sheehan takes charge of Andy Farrell’s men tomorrow morning. Henry Pollock makes his first start after being picked at No  8 while Finn Russell, the favourite to take the playmaking duties against the Wallabies, is given his maiden outing of the tour at fly-half. The Lions know they are being targeted by Super Rugby teams eager to make history. But Leinster ace Sheehan — who skippered Ireland against Wales in the Six Nations — declared the Aussie club team will not have a monopoly on passion. The debutant, 26, said: “It’s important to know where the opposition’s mindset is and how they approach a game that only comes around every 12 years, like it does for the Western Force. “I’m sure the Force will be 150 per cent of what they usually are. “They will be flying into it and that bit of extra hunger can produce some powerful things. “They would have been eyeing this game up since they probably first stepped into that Western Force change room. It’ll mean an awful lot to them. “But I don’t want them to think that they’re going to be hungrier than us. We have to demonstrate our own mindset because this will be the first time I will be putting on the jersey, along with a few other lads.” The Force is the second game of a tour that began with a 28-24 defeat by Argentina in Dublin. And while matches will soon come thick and fast, chances to impress Lions boss Faz will be limited. Ireland head coach Farrell, however, has cautioned over the danger of players wanting a Test place too much. The boss said: “That’s desperation and that’s what we don’t want because desperation leads to people being distorted in the way they go about the game.” There are two survivors from the side that faced the Pumas in Sione Tuipulotu and Munster’s Tadhg Beirne, although they have been switched to inside centre and blindside flanker respectively. Leinster ace Tadhg Furlong is given the chance to improve his match fitness with a start at tighthead prop following an injury-hit season. The Wexford man, 32, said: “There wasn’t a big bang moment when you’re out for six months and you’re trying to scramble back, they were all short-term. “It was tough because as the weeks went on we thought we had a fighting chance for getting back for Leinster at the end of the season. But it just wasn’t right. As desperate as you are to get on to the pitch, you have a situation where you can’t push. “In some ways you can live with yourself because you’re doing everything you can to get out there. When you can’t, you can’t.”