British and Irish Lions vs Hurricanes as it happened: Iain Henderson yellow card sees tourists fall to draw
Follow the game as it happened from the Westpac Stadium in Wellington
The British and Irish Lions face the Hurricanes in their final mid-week match on their tour of New Zealand, with Warren Gatland’s side looking to get back to winning ways after losing the first Test against the All Blacks. Follow the latest here.
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What time does it start?
The Hurricanes vs British and Irish Lions kicks off at 08:35 BST [19:35 local time] on Tuesday 27 June.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports 1 from 08:00.
Teams
Hurricanes: Jordie Barrett; Nehe Milner-Skudder, Vince Aso, Ngani Laumape, Julian Savea; Otere Black, Te Toirora-Tahuriorangi; Ben May, Ricky Riccitelli, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen; Mark Abbott, Sam Lousi; Vaea Fifita, Callum Gibbins, Brad Shields.
Replacements: Leni Apisai, Chris Eves, Mike Kainga, James Blackwell, Reed Princep, Kemara Hauiti-Parapara, Wes Goosen, Cory Jane.
British and Irish Lions: Jack Nowell; Tommy Seymour, Jonathan Joseph, Robbie Henshaw, George North; Dan Biggar, Greig Laidlaw; Joe Marler, Rory Best, Dan Cole; Iain Henderson, Courtney Lawes, James Haskell, Justin Tipuric, CJ Stander.
Replacements: Kristian Dacey, Allan Dell, Tomas Francis, Cory Hill, George Kruis, Gareth Davies, Finn Russell, Jared Payne.
11 mins: Apologies for technical difficulties there - internet connections in Wellington and London both simultaneously decided enough was enough and shut themselves down. But we're back! And the Lions are leading 3-0. Will let you know more as I do!
(It was a Dan Biggar penalty predictably for the three points)
16 mins: The Hurricanes are on the attack but somehow, somehow, Nowell has tackled Savea...
17 mins: TRY LIONS!
And this one came straight out of Scotland! Tommy Seymour touches down after Grieg Laidlaw intercepts the pass and runs nearly the length of the field. Biggar adds the extras and the Lions are winning 10-0.
19 mins: Incidentally, Henshaw has gone off and has been replaced by Halfpenny meaning a major Lions reshuffle. Nowell has moved to the wing with North moving to inside centre. That will do a fair bit of damage to his Test aspirations.
21 mins: Biggar is taking on a bigg'un here. It's a penalty from around 50 metres and it flies over! Great strike. 13-0.
24 mins: Ngani Laumape just burst through the Lions defence and has made some serious metres for the Hurricanes. The hosts are on the front-foot here.
30 mins: Biggar steps up again for yet another penalty and he maintains his 100 per cent record. Interesting he is continuing on kicking duties despite Halfpenny being on the pitch. 16-7.
35 mins: TRY LIONS!
George North! And boy, did he need that! Halfpenny chases down Biggar's bomb, the ball falls loose and bounces into Henderson's hands, who flicks it deftly off to North on his shoulder to out-pace the defence and score. Biggar adds the extras again. 23-7.
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