Sam Warburton returns to captain British & Irish Lions against Reds

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has recovered from his knee injury and will captain the British & Irish against the on Saturday.
The Welsh openside had to sit out the first two outings against the Barbarians and the Western force but he returns to the back row two weeks before the first Test against the .
He will partner countrymen Dan Lydiate and Toby Faletau while Gethin Jenkins also recovered from injury and starts at loosehead.
There are also first starts in this tour for ‘s Ben and Tom Youngs, prop Matt Stevens and lock Geoff Parling.
Owen will have another chance to stake his claim for the No.10 jersey against a strong Reds side which includes Quade Cooper.
The Lions management are still waiting confirmation of the exact nature of Cian Healy’s ankle injury but the Irish prop could miss the rest of the tour if found guilty of biting Force scrum-half Brett Sheehan at a disciplinary hearing on Friday (12am BST).
British & Irish Lions: Stuart Hogg; Alex Cuthbert, , Jonathan Davies, Tommy Bowe; , Ben Youngs; , Tom Youngs, Matt Stevens; Richie Gray, Geoff Parling; Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton (Capt.), Toby Faletau.
Replacements: Richard Hibbard, Dan Cole, Adam Jones, Paul O’Connell, Justin Tupiric, Connor Murray, Jonny Sexton, .

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