Overseas-born players 'fully submerged' in Lions culture, says Pierre Schoeman

Players who hail from the southern hemisphere representing the Lions is nothing new, but the number of them in Andy Farrell's squad has caused a stir.

Pierre Shoeman said Lions players and management feel a responsibility to perform for the supporters travelling Down Under. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Pierre Schoeman insists the British and Irish Lions' overseas-born contingent have earned the right to be in Australia and have fully immersed themselves in the tourists' culture.

The Scotland prop is one of eight Lions players who were born, raised and educated in South Africa, New Zealand or Australia but qualify for their home unions through residency or family lineage.