Aki and Jones will hit it off exactly like any other type of partnership, insists Farrell

British & Irish Lions centres Bundee Aki, Huw Jones and Head Coach Andy Farrell. Pic: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Andy Farrell selected a record nine Irishmen in his British & Irish Lions starting line-up for Saturday’s second Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

No Lions Test side in the professional era has featured as many players from Ireland, though Farrell’s predecessor Warren Gatland did select 10 Welshman for the final Test against the Wallabies on the 2013 tour, infamously jettisoning Brian O’Driscoll in the process.