British and Irish Lions vs Crusaders as it happened: Owen Farrell inspires Lions to impressive defensive win

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The British and Irish Lions face the Super Rugby leaders the Canterbury Crusaders in the third match of their tour of New Zealand, with Warren Gatland’s squad looking to get back to winning ways after losing to the Blues last time out. Follow the latest here.

• Crusaders vs the British and Irish Lions kicks off at 19:35 local time [08:35 BST]
• Sam Warburton ruled out with ankle injury
• Alun Wyn Jones captain the Lions in Warburton’s absence
• Conor Murray and Owen Farrell both make first starts
• Sean O’Brien, Jonathan Davies and George North make first appearances

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What TV channel is it on?

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports 1 from 08:00 BST.

Teams

Crusaders: Israel Dagg; Seta Tamanivalu; Jack Goodhue, David Havili, George Bridge; Richie Mo’unga, Bryn Hall; Joe Moody, Codie Taylor, Owen Franks; Luke Romano, Sam Whitelock; Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, Matt Todd; Jordan Taufua.

Replacements: Ben Funnell, Wyatt Crockett, Michael Alaalatoa, Quinten Strange, Jed Brown, Mitchell Drummond, Mitchell Hunt, Tim Bateman.

British and Irish Lions: Stuart Hogg; George North, Jonathan Davies, Ben Te’o, Liam Williams; Owen Farrell, Conor Murray; Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Tadhg Furlong; Alun Wyn Jones, George Kruis; Peter O’Mahony, Sean O’Brien, Taulupe Faletau

Replacements: Ken Owens, Jack McGrath. Dan Cole, Maro Itoje, CJ Stander, Rhys Webb, Jonathan Sexton, Anthony Watson.

[10 June 2017 09:38 · Jack Austin]

41 mins: Farrell kicks the loose ball forward and the Lions, via some pressure from North, have won a lineout in an important position... but they've lost it. 

[10 June 2017 09:41 · Jack Austin]

44 mins: Lions get an early penalty and Farrell... oooh poor miss from him there! It looks like it went over but the linesmen said no. TV replays say it might have. Either way we've moved on and it was a poor kick. 

[10 June 2017 09:43 · Jack Austin]

45 mins: The Lions are back on the attack and Te'o does really well to get through! He has Williams on the outside but throws a dreadful, ugly pass and it's too high. If he'd have got that right the Lions would have scored. 

[10 June 2017 09:48 · Jack Austin]

50 mins: No tactical changes yet for the Lions but it will be interesting to see what impact they have from the bench. Especially the likes of Rhys Webb who could be electric. This is the closest they will get to facing the All Blacks.

[10 June 2017 09:50 · Jack Austin]

51 mins: Farrell gets done a treat there by Goodhue, who steps wonderfully and shows a fantastic turn of pace before kicking for Bridge to collect. He can't collect though with 17-stone George North steaming down on him. Perhaps wise considering the speed North was coming at him with. Would have been sent into next week.

[10 June 2017 09:55 · Jack Austin]

55 mins: CJ Stander is coming on for Sean O'Brien as another poor pass from the Lions is knocked on by Williams and the two sides scrum down.

[10 June 2017 09:57 · Jack Austin]

57 mins: Williams is released down the left and chips ahead to catch himself - is there a knock-on there? Watson collects and runs towards the line but the referee is checking whether it's a knock-on or not... it is and it's no try.

[10 June 2017 10:01 · Jack Austin]

60 mins: What a chance from the Lions! Watson races away and times the pass to Sexton perfectly! All Sexton has to do is pass it inside for Stander to score... but Stander drops it! Unbelievable! That was so poor!

[10 June 2017 10:02 · Jack Austin]

61 mins: There have been so many handling errors from both teams here. The conditions aren't great and it's showing because a huge number of chances have been missed as a result of them. Itoje and McGrath are on now.

[10 June 2017 10:08 · Jack Austin]

65 mins: A lovely kick from Murray there leaves the Crusaders defending a lineout in a very dangerous position. But they do and Dagg thumps a huge kick away to clear.