Andy Farrell has finally shown his hand. After four games of shuffling his deck, the starting XV to face the ACT Brumbies has very much a Test side-look to it.

Andy Farrell picked his strongest British and Irish Lions team to take on ACT Brumbies with a warning they have yet to guarantee their selection for the first Test against Australia.Maro Itoje returns as captain for the Canberra showdown to lead a starting XV full of players considered first choice in their positions,

British & Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell said places in the test side for the series against Australia were still up for grabs despite his selection of what looked close to a first-choice team to play the ACT Brumbies on Wednesday.