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Leicester Tigers stars to make first British Lions start

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Leicester Tigers trio Ben Youngs, Tom Youngs and Geoff Parling have been handed their first starts of the British & Irish Lions tour in Australia. They were named in the 23-man squad to face Queensland Reds at the Suncorp Stadium, in Brisbane, on Saturday. Manu Tuilagi is also in the starting XV after making his debut in the nine-try romp over Western Force yesterday. This time though, head coach Warren Gatland has picked Tuilagi in his regular club position of outside-centre. He will form a hard-hitting partnership in midfield with Wales' Jonathan Davies. Geoff Parling is named alongside Scottish lock Richie Gray in the second-row, while Ben Youngs partners Saracens' Owen Farrell at half-back. Tom Youngs will have Wales' Gethin Jenkins and England's Matt Stevens on his shoulders in the front-row. Lions skipper Sam Warburton makes his first appearance of the tour after recovering from injury. The Reds look like putting up much stronger opposition than Western Force did having named nine internationals in their squad. Lions: Hogg, Cuthbert, Tuilagi, Davies, Bowe; Farrell, B Youngs; Jenkins, T Youngs, Stevens, Gray, Parling, Lydiate, Warburton, Faletau. Replacements: Hibbard, Vunipola, Jones, O'Connell, Tipuric, Murray, Sexton, North

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