Lions Test debuts for English duo

Flutey played for Wellington against the Lions in 2005

Riki Flutey and Joe Worsley will start against South Africa on Saturday as the injury-hit British and Irish Lions make a host of changes for the third Test.

With Jamie Roberts and Brian O'Driscoll ruled out, Flutey forms a centre partnership with Ireland's Tommy Bowe - who moves in from the wing.

Ugo Monye and Shane Williams start out wide, while Andrew Sheridan and Phil Vickery are named in the front row.

Worsley and Martyn Williams are both named in a new-look back-row.

In total there are eight changes, including one positional, from the side that suffered a decisive loss in the second Test last weekend.

Four players were ruled out for the rest of the tour following the ferocious contest in Pretoria, props Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones as well as O'Driscoll and Roberts, forcing head coach Ian McGeechan to make changes.

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"It is fair to say injuries have had an impact on the tour as you would expect including selection for the third Test," he said.

"However, the players coming into the starting XV are all talented international players and are as keen as ever to turn the tables on the Springboks.

"Last Saturday, we were minutes away from winning and that is a huge positive to take into the third Test.

"Despite this they have remained a tight, focussed squad and I know those playing in the third Test will give their all to ensure that we achieve a victory."

The selection of Vickery gives the Englishman a chance to eradicate the memories of the first Test in Durban.

The Wasps tight-head prop had a torrid time at the hands of the Springboks loose-head Tendai "The Beast" Mtawarira and was subsequently dropped for the second Test.

Flutey and Worsley make their full Test debuts for the Lions while England's Sheridan and Martyn Williams of Wales both earn their first Lions Test starts.

South Africa's win gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and the Lions must win at Ellis Park to avoid suffering a Test series whitewash for the first time in 118 years of fixtures between the sides.

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Lions: Kearney; Monye, Bowe, Flutey, S Williams; S Jones, Phillips; Sheridan, Rees, Vickery, Shaw, O'Connell, Worsley, M Williams, Heaslip.
Replacements: Ford, Hayes, Alun-Wyn Jones, Wallace, Croft, Ellis, Hook.

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