Conor Murray leads much-changed Lions against SA 'A'

British & Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has named his Lions team to play South Africa 'A' at Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday.

Tour captain Conor Murray is named skipper of a starting XV which has 12 changes to the team that defeated Sharks 71-31 at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday evening, with Anthony Watson, Chris Harris and Dan Biggar the only players retained.

Watson shifts from right wing to fullback with Harris moving to 13 where he is joined in midfield by Bundee Aki. Biggar will again start at flyhalf.

"We're pleased to have arrived in Cape Town as we near the halfway stage of the series," Gatland told the Lions' official website.

"Wednesday's game against South Africa 'A' will be our toughest encounter since we arrived here and we're looking forward to it. We expect them to be physical in the contact area and look to test us at scrum time.

"I think we've benefitted from playing at altitude in the first three games. While the boys have felt it in their lungs, they’ll be all the better for it now we're at sea level.

"As we move towards the business end of the Tour, it's pleasing to see so many players putting in some stand-out performances. As coaches we want the players to make Test selection as hard as possible and that's we're seeing."

Wednesday's match kicks off at 20:00

Teams:

South Africa 'A'

15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Lukhanyo Am (captain), 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Sbu Nkosi, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes (from): 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, 20 Rynhardt Elstadt, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Jesse Kriel, 23 Damian Willemse, 24 Kwagga Smith, 25 Elton Jantjies

British & Irish Lions

15 Anthony Watson (England), 14 Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales), 13 Chris Harris (Scotland), 12 Bundee Aki (Ireland), 11 Josh Adams (Wales), 10 Dan Biggar (Wales), 9 Conor Murray (captain, Ireland), 8 Taulupe Faletau (Wales), 7 Tom Curry (England), 6 Josh Navidi (Wales), 5 Iain Henderson (Ireland), 4 Maro Itoje (England), 3 Kyle Sinckler (England), 2 Ken Owens (Wales), 1 Wyn Jones (Wales)

Substitutes: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (England), 17 Mako Vunipola (England), 18 Zander Fagerson (Scotland), 19 Adam Beard (Wales), 20 Tadhg Beirne (Ireland), 21 Sam Simmonds (England), 22 Gareth Davies (Wales), 23 Elliot Daly (England)