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British and Irish Lions vs Blues live: All the fallout as Warren Gatland's side suffer their first tour defeat

Follow the second match of the Lions' tour of New Zealand

Jack Austin
Auckland and London
,Jack de Menezes
Wednesday 07 June 2017 07:29 BST
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The British and Irish Lions take on the Blues in their second match of their tour of New Zealand in what will be the first of five matches against Super Rugby opposition. Follow the latest here.

  • Blues vs British and Irish Lions kicks off at 19:35 local time [08:35 BST]
  • Ken Owens captains the side on his first start for the Lions
  • Rhys Webb and Dan Biggar start at half-back
  • Sonny Bill Williams passed fit for the Blues
  • Blues have eight capped All Blacks starting for them

Follow the live action here...

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Teams:

Blues: Michael Collins; Matt Duffie, George Moala, Sonny Bill Williams, Rieko Ioane; Stephen Perofeta, Augustine Pulu; Ofa Tu’ungafasi, James Parsons, Charlie Faumuina; Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, Scott Scrafton; Akira Ioane, Blake Gibson, Steven Luatua.

Replacements: Hame Faiva, Alex Hodgman, Sione Mafileo, Patrick Tuipulotu, Kara Pryor, Sam Nock, Ihaia West, TJ Faiane.

British and Irish Lions: Leigh Halfpenny; Jack Nowell, Jared Payne, Robbie Henshaw, Elliot Daly; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Jack McGrath, Ken Owens, Dan Cole; Maro Itoje, Courtney Lawes; James Haskell, Justin Tipuric, CJ Stander.

Replacements: Rory Best, Joe Marler, Kyle Sinckler, Iain Henderson, Peter O'Mahony, Greig Laidlaw, Jonathan Sexton, Liam Williams

Thanks for following along with us this morning - not a bad day to start the day, even if the Lions did lose. 

Join us again on Saturday morning as the Lions are back in action against the Crusaders and aim to bounce straight back from this defeat. 

Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday and why not switch over to our Transfer Live Blog to keep up to date with everything in the world of football: 

Jack Austin7 June 2017 10:59

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