Venue: Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, Rustenburg
Date: Saturday, 30 May Kick-off: 1400 BST (1500 local time)
Coverage: Live text commentary and score updates on BBC Sport website; Score updates on BBC Radio 5 Live
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Head coach Ian McGeechan admits he does not know what to expect when the Lions line up for their first match of their tour to South Africa on Saturday.
Nine players will make their debuts against a Royal XV in Rustenburg, with Paul O'Connell captaining the tourists.
"I don't know what is going to come out, we'll have rough edges and things to work on," said McGeechan.
But tour manager Gerald Davies said: "We want to make a winning statement on Saturday - it's as simple as that."
Although the Lions are expected to beat a Royal XV select side drawn from Vodacom Cup sides Griquas and Leopards at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, the match is the ideal opportunity to experiment with different combinations.
McGeechan has named seven Welshmen in his starting XV alongside four Irishmen, three Englishmen and a lone Scot in scrum-half Mike Blair.
Only eight members of the match-day 22 have previously played for the Lions.
England's Joe Worsley, who missed out on the 2001 and 2005 Lions tours, is named alongside Welshmen Martyn Williams and Andy Powell in the back row.
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Not in a million years did I think I would be on a Lions tour
Lions centre Keith Earls
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And McGeechan, Worsley's former coach at Wasps, says the flanker's defensive skills add an extra dimension to the back row.
"He had one of his best international seasons and is building on that," said the Scot. "He has established himself with consistent performances and he is relaxed and enjoying himself, which is very important too.
"It's important to see his role in relation to the others around him."
Ireland's Keith Earls, 21, forms one half of a youthful dynamic centre pairing alongside Cardiff's Jamie Roberts, 22, a partnership which has skipper Paul O'Connell enthused.
"I am excited about the two young centres," said the Ireland second row.
"Keith has something special. He has great pace, he is very elusive with a great step and feint. He is all you would want."
As the youngest member of the Lions squad, Munsterman Earls has the added responsibility of chaperoning the official Lions mascot throughout the tour.
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"I have to bring it to training and a couple of functions, and with me being the youngest player at the moment, I'll have to carry it around," he said.
"But I think Leigh Halfpenny is out here next week, so the lion will be handed over when he arrives."
Should he lose the mascot at any stage, Earls would find himself hauled in front of the players' discipline panel.
"There are all sorts of fines if he loses it," added O'Connell.
"He is dying for Leigh Halfpenny (nearly 15 months' Earl's junior) to get his rehab right and get out here as soon as possible so he can hand the lion over to him."
Earls, who made his Ireland debut against Canada last November, was one of McGeechan's surprise selections for the tour and admitted he was as shocked as anyone to get the call.
"This is my first professional season, and I was just hoping to get a few starts with Munster," he added.
"But a couple of games went well in the Magners League, and then I got a few Heineken Cup starts, but not in a million years did I think I would be on a Lions tour."
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