Elliot Daly and Robbie Henshaw ready to be on the same wavelength for first Test

Both were on the 2017 tour to New Zealand when Daly started all three Tests on the left wing while Henshaw’s trip finished in early disappointment

Elliot Daly with Robbie Henshaw. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

It may be a centre partnership only 57 minutes in the making but Elliot Daly is convinced he and Robbie Henshaw are already on the same wavelength ahead of Saturday’s first Test against the Springboks.

Ireland’s Henshaw made his long-awaited return from a hamstring strain to make his South African tour debut for the British & Irish Lions last Saturday against the Stormers, starting at inside centre alongside Daly having last appeared at 13 in the pre-tour game against Japan at Murrayfield on June 26.