'ARGIES A LIONS TRIAL'

BRITISH and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has insisted selection for the Test series with Australia remains wide open after naming his side for tonight's pre-departure warm-up game with Argentina in Dublin at 9pm.

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Maro Itoje, already named tour captain, will lead the Lions for the first time at the Aviva Stadium, with several of the England skipper's international team-mates in the starting line-up.

Of finalising his team for the series against the Wallabies, Farrell said: "I did an exercise a couple of weeks ago, and I've done it about five times since, of choosing what the Test side could be.