Robbie Henshaw makes return as Gatland names Lions side for Stormers

Returned captain Alun Wyn James has been named on the bench
Robbie Henshaw makes return as Gatland names Lions side for Stormers

Robbie Henshaw during British & Irish Lions Tour To South Africa

Robbie Henshaw will make his return from injury for the British & Irish Lions on Saturday and Warren Gatland has named Alun Wyn James on the bench for the final tour match before the Test series with the Springboks against the Stormers.

The Lions head coach has wasted little time in trying to get his original tour captain Jones, 36, match fit for the first Test against South Africa a week on Saturday by named the Wales skipper among his replacements for a game just 21 days after he dislocated his shoulder in the seventh minute of the pre-tour Test against Japan at Murrayfield.

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