Conor Murray named new Lions tour skipper

Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric out while Welsh duo Adam Beard and Josh Navidi are called up as Warren Gatland names Munster man Murray to lead the tour.

MURRAY'S MINTS: New Lions skipper Conor Murray of Munster with his Irish colleagues Bundee Aki and Tadhg Furlong after Saturday's victory over Japan at Murrayfield. 

IRELAND's Conor Murray has been named British and Irish Lions captain after Alun Wyn Jones was ruled out of the tour to South Africa by a dislocated shoulder.

The 32-year-old Ireland scrum-half is a leftfield appointment by Gatland but he is a veteran of two previous Lions tours and has amassed 89 caps for his country.