LIONS' MANE MEN ARE OUT TO IMPRESS

LIONS ROARING Maro Itoje and head coach Andy Farrell

- BY ALAN MARSHALL

ANDY FARRELL has told his British and Irish Lions stars ahead of tomorrow's clash with Argentina that selection for the Test series is wide open.

Maro Itoje captains the Lions for the first time and is joined in the starting XV by Marcus Smith, who has been picked at full-back behind an all-England half-back partnership of Alex Mitchell and Fin Smith.

Ireland prop Tadhg Furlong has been given the opportunity to prove his fitness after being named on the bench for the Aviva Stadium clash having been sidelined since early May because of a calf strain.