Five Leicester Tigers players have been handed the honour of representing the British & Irish Lions in the first Test against Australia on Saturday.
Only Manu Tuilagi misses out on the 23-man squad for Brisbane after being ruled out with a shoulder injury.
That means hooker Tom Youngs and flanker Tom Croft will start the match with scrum-half Ben Youngs, prop Dan Cole and second-row Geoff Parling on the bench.
Tom Youngs will be making his debut start while Croft is a veteran of the last tour to South Africa.
Head coach Warren Gatland has picked a starting XV containing eight Welshmen, four Irishman and three Englishmen.
Winger Sean Maitland is the only Scot in the 23 and he starts from the bench.
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