Mako Vunipola (Saracens, England) comes into the matchday 23 to take a place on the bench. “It’s really bad luck for Wyn and we all feel for him missing out on tonight’s game,” said Warren Gatland, Head Coach for The British & Irish Lions. “However, we’re confident he’ll be back in training next week and have no plans to bring in anyone else at this stage.”

SOUTH AFRICA v THE BRITISH & IRISH LIONS

Saturday 24 July 2021 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Kick-off: 5pm (BST) 15. Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs, Scotland) #783 14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, England) #816 13. Elliot Daly (Saracens, England) #822 12. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #824 11. Duhan van der Merwe (Worcester Warriors, Scotland) #841 10. Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints, Wales) #821 9. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors, Scotland) #843 1. Rory Sutherland (Worcester Warriors, Scotland) #840 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, England) #851 3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #818 4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, England) #825 5. Alun Wyn Jones – captain (Ospreys, Wales) #761 6. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, England) #826 7. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, England) #853 8. Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #839

Replacements:

16. Ken Owens (Scarlets, Wales) #829 17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, England) #787 18. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, England) #814 19. Tadhg Beirne (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #838 20. Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby, Scotland) #847 21. Conor Murray (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #790 22. Owen Farrell (Saracens, England) #780 23. Liam Williams (Scarlets, Wales) #833