Tom McCarron: As Rafiki said to Mufasa at the start of the Lion King "it is time". Come on you Lions!

Greg Morgan: Can't see the Lions winning the series; this match must represent their best chance for a Test win??

Bevvo: Got up early, walked across a muddy Glastonbury to watch the lions match, and the frigging place is having technical difficulties.

We've got you, Bevvo...

The All Blacks emerge from the hutch with Kieran Read taking in surroundings as familiar as his front row.

The Lions fans give the hosts as good as their boys got.

There is a bit of bite between the two sets of supporters already.

Anthem time.

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Eleven times, the Lions have visited New Zealand. Only once have they come away victorious from the Test series.

Sir Gareth Edwards was part of that legendary 1971 touring party.

And the good news is you can enjoy today's match alongside the great man.

Flip over to the BBC Wales Sport Facebook page, external where Edwards will be giving his reaction to the match as it happens and weaving in a few choice anecdotes between re-set scrums.

Peter O'Mahony, cuddly mascot clutched in a vice-like grip, leads his XV along a corridor lined with the rest of the Lions squad.

A gauntlet of backslaps and shouts and then out into the cauldron of Eden Park.

There may be a fair few red shirts in the house tonight, but there are a fair few jeers in the air for the tourists as well.

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Rieko Ioane, 20, has made only two replacement appearances for the All Blacks, but his electrifying performance in the Blues win over the tourists - where he had Jack Nowell on toast with a little parsley garnish - have earned him a starting spot in the biggest Test of all.

The youngster is keeping out some big names with big frames - the likes of Julian Savea and Waisake Naholo.

Time to shine.

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Elliot Daly only made his first England start back in November.

But the 24-year-old was an ever-present in Eddie Jones' Six Nations XVs this year, his crackling pace and deft handling, combining with a cannon of a left peg, to make the wing spot his own.

His ability to ping over penalties from inside his own half could be the Lions trump card in the final 20 minutes.

Stars from all sports are sending their good luck wishes to the Lions.

Golfer Justin Rose and Commonwealth judo champion Kimberley Renicks were among them...

...with extra dedication from Olympic hockey gold medalist Georgie Twigg!

Good effort!

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Stepping into Dane Coles' boots at hooker is 26-year-old Codie Taylor.

Twelve of his 16 Test appearances have come as a replacement, and he admits that this is the biggest match of his life.

"It's going to be a hell of a Test match, so I've got to go out there and nail my role," he said.

He - along with front-row colleagues Owen Franks and Joe Moody and second Sam Whitelock - were part of the Crusaders pack sent backwards by the Lions earlier on in the tour.

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And we Brits thought we had it bad losing Billy Vunipola and Stuart Hogg.

This was the headline on Kiwi website Stuff in May. And columnist Marc Hinton's worst fears, external have come to pass.

Dane Coles - the All Blacks all-singing all-dancing hooker - has been ruled out for the whole series after concussion problems that have dogged him for the last six weeks.

"He is clear of most of his symptoms and he is back training," said All Blacks coach Steve Hansen.

"But because he is not fit enough to play test rugby, or Super Rugby, we have put him back into what we call a pre-season training block.

"He will stay with us for the next three weeks then go back to his franchise and be back to play when he's rugby ready."

Peter O'Mahony was one of the coffin-bearers at the funeral of his former Munster team-mate, coach and friend Anthony Foley in October.

He has said that he hoped Foley would be proud of what he was achieved so far on this tour.

Donncha O'Callaghan - who spent much of his career at Munster alongside O'Mahony - relayed this anecdote about O'Mahony's own fierce pride earlier this week.

"The day after Anthony was buried, Munster played Glasgow in the Champions Cup. The referee called the two captains together and pleaded for calm," O'Callaghan wrote in the Times., external

"'They’re over-emotional,' Glasgow’s Jonny Gray suggested.

"O’Mahony pushed him in the chest.

"'Don’t tell us what emotions we should have,' he said.

"That was the day we all saw our little brother grow up."

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Zim: People are overestimating the lions and underestimating the all blacks. I fully expect a chastening experience for the lions.

Nathan Wake: Eden Park 2/3 full and almost all Lions fans! Could be more travelling fans than home fans!!

Nick Treby: The coffee is on, the bacon is ready, the boys are on their way! C'mon the Lions!

Now that sounds like a Saturday morning, Nick.

The New Zealand rugby public are - like a famous department store - never knowingly undersold on their team.

Here are the young men of Rotorua Boys High School - the alma mater of Dylan Hartley - giving their series predictions.

If the Lions have managed to sow any seeds of doubt, these lads are hiding it well.

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BBC 5 live rugby union reporter at Eden Park

Blustery but dry evening here at the home of New Zealand rugby.

This is the view from one of the corner flags as Lions attack coach Rob Howley starts to prepare the warm-up.

The tannoy announcer just urged Kiwis to drown out the Lions' fans; it was immediately met by a roar of "LIONS! LIONS!" from the travelling hordes.

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"The chairman asked me if I was free next Saturday and I heard the word 'yes' come out of my mouth."

So started a 26-year journey in rugby for Mill Hill RFC's John Goldman that started at the age of 50 and is still going more than 440 games later.

If you want to find out how to get into rugby union, check out our Get Inspired guide.

They make those British and Irish Lions shirts big... they make them pretty tiny, too.

BBC Sport Wales' Ross Harries met up with Lions full-back Liam Williams's family on Friday.

Williams' move from Scarlets to Saracens this summer is believed to be partly motivated by a desire to be closer to his London-based girlfriend Sophie Harries, who works as a model in the city.

No. It's a good luck message from a real life Superman (sort of...) Hollywood star Henry Cavill.

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Welshman Liam Williams and England's Elliot Daly are surprise inclusions in the back three, beating Leigh Halfpenny and George North to full-back and wing spots respectively.

Wales flanker Sam Warburton, made tour captain by head coach Warren Gatland, will be on the bench at Eden Park.

Instead Munster flanker Peter O'Mahony, who was not a regular pick for Ireland in this year's Six Nations after losing his place following a long-term knee injury, skippers the side.

Lions team: L Williams (Wales); A Watson (England), J Davies (Wales), B Te'o (England), E Daly (England); O Farrell (England), C Murray (Ireland); M Vunipola (England), J George (England), T Furlong (Ireland); AW Jones (Wales), G Kruis (England); P O'Mahony (capt, Ireland), S O'Brien (Ireland), T Faletau (Wales).

Replacements: K Owens (Wales), J McGrath (Ireland), K Sinckler (England), M Itoje (England), S Warburton (Wales), R Webb (Wales), J Sexton (Ireland), L Halfpenny (Wales).