Lions (23) 59 / 8 (3) Barbarians (Final Score)

The British & Irish Lions and Barbarians did battle in the 1st game of the B & I Lions Tour 2013 at Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

at 13:30 SA Time (19:30 Hong Kong Time, 12:30 UK Time, 11:30 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 5 & SHD 3 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Lions:

• Penalties – Owen Farrell (3)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Paul O’Connell (1), Mike Phillips (2), Jonathan Davies (1), Alex Cuthbert (2), Dan Lidiate (1), Alu Wyn Jones (1)
  
• Conversions – Owen Farrell (3), Johnny Sexton (2)
  

Barbarians:

• Penalties – Elliot Daly (1)
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Kahn Fotuali’i (1)
• Conversions – 0

Teams:

British and Irish Lions: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Paul O’Connell (Captain), 4 Richie Gray, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Mako Vunipola.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Matt Stevens, 19 Alun Wyn Jones, 20 Jamie Heaslip, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Johnny Sexton, 23 George North.

Barbarians: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Casey Laulala, 11 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Sam Jones, 6 Samu Manoa, 5 Dean Mumm, 4 Marco Wentzel, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Duncan Jones, 18 Andrea Lo Cicero, 19 Jim Hamilton, 20 Imanol Harinordoquy, 21 Kahn Fotuali’i, 22 James Hook, 23 Mike Tindall/Rowan Varty.

Date: Saturday 1 June
Venue: Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Kick-off: 13:30 SA Time (19:30 HK Time, 12:30 UK & Ireland time, 11:30 GMT)
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa), Angus Gardner (Australia)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)