For the first time in more than 100 years, no Welshman will be involved when the British and Irish Lions play a Test match.

The British & Irish Lions have rarely been as heavily favoured to win a test as they will be for their opening clash with Australia on Saturday, even if you might not guess it listening to coach Andy Farrell.

Irish Examiner rugby columnist Donal Lenihan joins Simon Lewis in Australia to discuss Andy Farrell's team selection and look ahead to the first Test with the Wallabies.

The British and Irish Lions will have even "greater confidence" of beating Australia in the first Test after seeing the Wallabies' under-strength line-up, says Ugo Monye.

Ellis Genge, who discovered rugby as a way to channel his anger and aggression, is now a Test match British and Irish Lion with the job of destroying the Wallaby pack on Saturday. The explosive

AUCKLAND (Reuters) -Scotland will field the two forwards who are to join the British & Irish Lions in Friday’s test against Samoa at Eden Park in Auckland, coach Gregor Townsend said on Wednesday. Loosehead prop Rory Sutherland,

Rugby union has slipped off the back pages and into crisis in Australia. The arrival of the British and Irish Lions might have come just in time to save the sport.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia prop Taniela Tupou will be given another chance to convince selectors he deserves a shot against the British & Irish Lions after being released from Joe Schmidt's squad to play in the First Nations & Pasifika XV tour match.

When the British & Irish Lions stepped out for their first Test against Australia in 2013, they were seeking their first series victory in 16 years.

Of all the moments of reckoning for Welsh rugby since the last World Cup, few have been so bleak as the principality’s failure to produce even a single member of the British and Irish Lions squad here in Brisbane,