Conor Murray happy to fill in at fly-half if needed on Lions captaincy bow

Murray’s duties may well extend to covering at fly-half if his likely Test half-back partner Dan Biggar needs to come off at any stage on Wednesday night after Gatland revealed that Owen Farrell had joined fellow 10 Finn Russell on the sidelines

Conor Murray. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

The British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa ramped up a notch on Monday as the Springboks named a strong A team to play the tourists in Cape Town on Wednesday night to set up a contest Conor Murray described as like a “fourth Test”.

The Lions arrived in Cape Town on Sunday after a turbulent week in which they racked up 50 points or more in all three of their first tour matches against weakened provinces on South African soil in Johannesburg and Pretoria.