{"id":20390,"date":"2025-07-31T05:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kinghorn-and-ryan-start-for-lions-lineup-for-the-decisive-test\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T05:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:40:54","slug":"kinghorn-and-ryan-start-for-lions-lineup-for-the-decisive-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/kinghorn-and-ryan-start-for-lions-lineup-for-the-decisive-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinghorn and Ryan start for Lions: Lineup for the decisive Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lions Reveal Lineup for Decisive Third Test Against Australia<\/h2>\n\nBritish and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has made two key changes to his starting lineup for the third and final test against Australia. This match will determine if the tourists achieve a perfect 3-0 sweep.\n\nJames Ryan, the Ireland second row, joins captain Maro Itoje in the second row at the Accor Stadium in Sydney this Saturday. In addition, Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn has been chosen to fill the position of Mack Hansen on the left wing.\n\n\n
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“We have put ourselves in a great position to finish this tour with our best performance to date and create our own part of history,” Farrell said.<\/p>\n\nAndy Farrell, British and Irish Lions coach<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nFarrell also highlighted the intensity of the previous match in Melbourne and anticipated another epic duel against an Australian team that demonstrated its quality last week.\n\nChessum moves to the bench, with Ben Earl coming in as a substitute in the third row alongside Jac Morgan. Farrell has opted for a 6-2 split in favor of the forwards, anticipating a test under adverse weather conditions.\n\nThe third starting line and the midfield pairing remain unchanged for the third consecutive match. Irish prop Tadhg Furlong will play his ninth consecutive test with the Lions in the front row.\n\n\n

British and Irish Lions Starting Lineup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Hugo Keenan<\/li>\n
  • Jimmy Freeman<\/li>\n
  • Huw Jones<\/li>\n
  • Bundee Aki<\/li>\n
  • Blair Kinghorn<\/li>\n
  • Finn Russell<\/li>\n
  • Jamison Gibson-Park<\/li>\n
  • Jack Conan<\/li>\n
  • Tom Curry<\/li>\n
  • Tadhg Beirne<\/li>\n
  • James Ryan<\/li>\n
  • Maro Itoje<\/li>\n
  • Tadhg Furlong<\/li>\n
  • Dan Sheehan<\/li>\n
  • Andrew Porter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Substitutes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Ronan Kelleher<\/li>\n
    • Ellis Genge<\/li>\n
    • Will Stuart<\/li>\n
    • Ollie Chessum<\/li>\n
    • Jac Morgan<\/li>\n
    • Ben Earl<\/li>\n
    • Alex Mitchell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Lions Reveal Lineup for Decisive Third Test Against Australia British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has made two key changes to his starting lineup for the third and final test against Australia. This match will determine if the tourists achieve a perfect 3-0 sweep. James Ryan, the Ireland second row, joins captain Maro Itoje […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[428,886,203,679],"class_list":{"0":"post-20390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-british-and-irish-lions","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-test"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}