Lions name strong team to face Brumbies as preparations ramp up for first Test

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Andy Farrell has picked his strongest British & Irish Lions combination so far for his squad's penultimate fixture before they take on Australia in Brisbane next week. The majority of the Lions' leading names have been selected to start against the ACT Brumbies in what is clearly being seen as a dress rehearsal ahead of the first Test.

The first-choice pairing of Finn Russell and Jamison Gibson-Park are reunited at half back inside an all-Irish centre pairing of Bundee Aki and Gary Ringrose, with Scotland's Blair Kinghorn at full-back and the Anglo-Irish combination of Tommy Freeman and James Lowe on the wings.

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