As the Lions kick off their tour of Australia there is bad news for the Wallabies this morning as Scott Higginbotham has been ruled out of the series.
The back row dislocated his shoulder at the weekend playing for Melbourne Rebels. Kick-off in this morning's game is at 11am against a weakened Western Force side in Perth.
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Tommy Bowe, Brian O'Drisscoll, Johnathan Sexton, Conor Murray, Cian Healy, Rory Best, Sean O'Brien and Jamie Heaslip all start.
Ex Lions David Wallace joined Oisin Langan on Newstalk Breakfast to preview the game.
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