Coach McGeechan delays naming his replacement Lions

LIONS head coach Ian McGeechan will delay naming replacements for Jerry Flannery and Leigh Halfpenny until today.

Flannery, the Ireland hooker, suffered an elbow injury in training that requires surgery and has ruled him out of the tour to South Africa.

Wales winger Halfpenny remains part of the squad but requires intensive treatment on a thigh injury and will not travel to Johannesburg with the squad on Sunday evening.