Lions: Rowntree in for Sheridan

Leicester prop Graham Rowntree has been drafted into the British and Irish Lions’ midweek side to face Auckland on Tuesday.

The 34-year-old takes the place of Sale’s Andrew Sheridan.

He aggravated an injury to his left fibula suffered earlier in the year after training and has been withdrawn from the XV as a precautionary measure.

British and Irish Lions team to play Auckland at Eden Park on Tuesday:

G Murphy (Leicester and Ireland); M Cueto (Sale Sharks and England), W Greenwood (Harlequins and England), G D’Arcy (Leinster and Ireland), D Hickie (Leinster and Ireland); C Hodgson (Sale Sharks and England), M Dawson (Wasps and England); G Rowntree (Leicester Tigers and England), G Bulloch (Glasgow and Scotland, captain), J Hayes (Munster and Ireland), S Shaw (Wasps and England), B Kay (Leicester and England), J White (Sale Sharks and Scotland), M Williams (Cardiff Blues and Wales), M Owen (Newport Gwent Dragons and Wales).

Replacements: A Titterrell (Sale Sharks and England), M Stevens (Bath and England), B Cockbain (Neath-Swansea Ospreys and Wales), M Corry (Leicester and England), C Cusiter (Borders and Scotland), R O’Gara (Munster and Ireland), S Horgan (Leinster and Ireland).