Lions squad continues to grow with three players added ahead of first Wallabies Test

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Scotland's Sutherland, Ashman and Graham receive call ups
British & Irish Lions now have 44 players on tour of Australia

The British & Irish Lions squad in Australia continues to grow in number with three extra Scotland players set to join the party. Rory Sutherland, Ewan Ashman and Darcy Graham have been called up to provide cover for next week's First Nations & Pasifika XV fixture which will be played between the first and second Tests against the Wallabies.

All three players are currently in New Zealand where they had been preparing to face Samoa but will now become the latest members of the Lions ever-expanding squad. The Lions management have already had to summon four injury replacements in Owen Farrell, Ben White, Jamie Osborne and Jamie George with prop Thomas Clarkson also added as cover over the weekend.

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