Kinghorn and Ryan in for final Lions Test

third Test match between Australia and the British and Irish Lions

Accor Stadium Date: Saturday, August 2nd, 2019 12:00 BST

For the third and final Test against the Wallabies on Saturday, British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell made two changes to his team.

James Lowe is relegated to the left wing by Blair Kinghorn, who has already won the series, and James Ryan takes Ollie Chessum’ place at lock. The Leinsterman joins Chessum and Joe McCarthy as Maro Itoje’s third alternate starting Test partner in the second-row, making up the other nine Irish players in the starting lineup.

Mack Hansen and McCarthy are not both members of the squad. Both were predicted to succeed, but both have been dealing with injuries.

Chessum is moved to the bench with the backs and forwards split in six-two. Lowe, who is not currently playing, is completely absent from the squad.

The two backs on the bench are Owen Farrell and Alex Mitchell, Farrell covering 10 and 12 respectively.

There is no consensus on whether Farrell would offer Test spots to some players who hadn’t yet appeared in the series, most notably Josh van der Flier, but there is no such thing. After a strong try-scoring performance in the first Test in Brisbane, Sione Tuipulotu misses out on the second Test in a row.

Itoje will start his ninth Test start in a row for the Lions in 2017, making eight starts and one off the bench in New Zealand in 2017.

The Lions are attempting to win three Tests in a row since Willie John McBride’s side in South Africa in 1974. The Lions’ team will become the first to finish a clean sweep since the boys of 1927 in Argentina won with a 4-0 victory if they are successful in winning Saturday’s Test.

After recovering from the calf injury that kept him out of the first Test in Brisbane, the Wallabies will be without their wonderful flanker, Rob Valetini.

Allan Alaalatoa, a highly skilled prop, who leaves the team with a shoulder issue, is another senior player who Joe Schmidt is missing. Following last week’s impressive performance for First Nations &amp, Pasifika against the Lions in Melbourne, the hulking Taniela Tupou takes the place of Alaalatoa.

Schmidt’s scrum-half has changed. Tate McDermott will start on the bench for Nic White, who may leave international rugby after Saturday’s test.

Replacements: Pollard, Bell, Nonggorr, Williams, Gleeson, McDermott, Donaldson, Kellaway, and Bell.

Keenan, Freeman, Jones, Aki, Kinghorn, Russell, Gibson-Park, Porter, Sheehan, Furlong, Itoje, Ryan, Beirne, Curry, Conan, and Freeman are the Irish and British Lions.

Ben O’Keeffe (NZ) and Andrea Piardi (Ita) serve as assistant referees.

Marius Jonker (SA) TMO