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It was hardly ideal that the schedule for this tour left the Lions without the vast majority of those involved in the United Rugby Championship and Premiership finals, as well as Toulouse's Blair Kinghorn.

Victory in their maiden European final sets Bordeaux on course towards supplanting Toulouse, who they beat in the semi-finals, as French and European champions.

Pollock was selected instead of Toulouse flanker Jack Willis, Sale Sharks' Ben Curry and Scotland's Rory Darge, with Farrell admitting that, in the end, he did not need convincing about selecting the one-cap flanker.

Blair Kinghorn, who plays for French side Toulouse, is the only player who plays their club rugby outside Britain and Ireland.

Marcus Smith is in at 10 and as cover at 15, with Blair Kinghorn likely to miss the first two or three games because of his commitments with French club Toulouse.