Kick-off closepublished at 08:29 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe match ball has just been delivered via helicopter.
A real sense of occasion in the Cake Tin.
Summary
Final score: Hurricanes 31-31 Lions
Second Test on Saturday also takes place in Wellington
Lions trail 1-0 in three-Test series
Gibbins, Laumape, Goosen, Fifita tries, Barrett 4 cons, 1 pen
Seymour 2, North tries, Biggar 2 cons & 4 pens for Lions
Courtney Lawes - among those hoping to push Test claims - plays 55 mins
Kick-off closepublished at 08:29 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
Image source, Getty ImagesOne to watch - Nehe Milner-Skudderpublished at 08:28 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe hottest stepper in the world in 2015.
Milner-Skudder was electrifying in the All Blacks World Cup win two years back, leaving opposition wings' ankles on ice with his jagging side-steps and electric accleration.
He missed all of 2016 with a shoulder injury, but, on a snooker-table smooth pitch, this is a perfect stage to show he still has it.
'Sometimes players' chances come later'published at 08:21 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, GettyBritish and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland speaking to Sky Sports: "There are a few opportunities today, there were aspects of our game on Saturday which were positive, we have to be really physical today. This group of players were excellent last week and they saw what happened with performances being rewarded with Test spots.
"Sometimes, for different reasons, players' chances come later in a tour."
Windy conditionspublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Chris Jones
BBC 5 live rugby union reporter at Westpac stadium, WellingtonAtmosphere building at the Cake Tin on a dry and blustery Wellington night.
It's a 39,000 sell out, with Hurricanes insiders desperate for their side to put in a better showing than the Chiefs managed this time last week.
Get involvedpublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, GoogleThere will be some Lions players for whom this match is the final one on tour.
For others, it could be the launchpad to the biggest game of the lives.
Who could propel themselves into the Test mix with big games today? George North? Courtney Lawes? Robbie Henshaw? Jonathan Joseph?
Your nominations are welcome on #bbcrugby on Twitter or 81111 on text.
One to watch - Courtney Lawespublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Getty ImagesLike a Chumbawamba chorus-line, the Northampton and England second-row keeps getting right back up after all the knocks on this tour.
Courtney Lawes suffered a concussion against the Highlanders as he attempted to prevent Waisake Naholo crossing the line, passed the return-to-play protocols only to cop another head knock against the Chiefs.
Between being asked to name the Prime Minister and what he had for breakfast, Lawes has been a relentlessly physical and aggressive presence in the second row.
Considering those were the qualities Warren Gatland was looking for after first Test defeat, could Lawes jump the second-row queue and claim a Test spot with more of the same today?
A clown calls malice?published at 08:00 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Getty ImagesJerome Kaino is one of the All Black players who has been picked out by bounty-hunter theorists reviewing Saturday's first-Test tape.
The flanker has defended himself overnight.
"It wasn't my intention to hurt anyone and to play outside the rules. I wasn't cited. I don't think I should have been," he said.
"What's been said out there about malice and intention to hurt anyone, that's never the case.
"My timing was off and I rolled into his planted foot".
Send in the Lions...published at 07:55 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, NZ HeraldSouthern hemisphere sports cartoonists could do with expanding their range a little.
Twelve months after England coach Eddie Jones was mocked up as a clown by The Australian newspaper on England's tour, the New Zealand Herald has reacted to Warren Gatland's claims that the All Blacks deliberately, illegally and cynically attempted to injury scrum-half Conor Murray in Saturday's Test by knocking up something similar.
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has dismissed Gatland's claims as "desperate".
Image source, The AustralianTeam newspublished at 07:47 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Getty ImagesRory Best will captain the British and Irish Lions, alongside Joe Marler and Dan Cole in the front row.
Wing George North and centre Jonathan Joseph will both start, while Jack Nowell is at full-back and Courtney Lawes is in the second row.
Leigh Halfpenny comes in as a replacement as Jared Payne drops out with a headache.
Lock George Kruis is on the bench having played the whole 80 minutes of the first Test against New Zealand.
British and Irish Lions: J Nowell (England), T Seymour (Scotland), J Joseph (England), R Henshaw (Ireland), G North (Wales), D Biggar (Wales), G Laidlaw (Scotland); J Marler (England), R Best (Ireland, capt), D Cole (England), I Henderson (Ireland), C Lawes (England), J Haskell (England), J Tipuric (Wales), CJ Stander (Ireland).
Replacements: K Dacey (Wales), A Dell (Scotland), T Francis (Wales), C Hill (Wales), G Kruis (England), G Davies (Wales), F Russell (Scotland), L Halfpenny (Wales).
Team newspublished at 07:43 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Hurricanes side includes All Blacks Julian Savea and Nehe Milner-Skudder on opposing wings and Jordie, brother of Beauden and Scott, Barrett at full-back.
They are captained from number eight by Brad Shields, whose workrate and handling would surely have been rewarded with international recognition had it not been for Kieran Read's excellence.
Hurricanes: J Barrett, N Milner-Skudder, V Aso, N Laumape, J Savea, O Black, T Toiroa-Tahuriorangi; B May, R Ricitelli, J To'omaga-Allen, M Abbott, S Lousi, V Fifita, C Gibbins, B Shields (capt).
Replacements: L Apisai, C Eves, M Kainga, J Blackwell, R Prinsep, K Hauiti-Parapara, W Goosen, C Jane.
Into the eye of the stormpublished at 07:39 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Hurricanes are the current Super Rugby champions and have been boosted by several of their All Blacks being released back to them for today's match.
Jordie Barrett, Julian Savea, Ngani Laumape and Vaea Fifita were all made available by coach Steve Hansen.
"The reason we are letting them play is because this only happens every 12 years and it wouldn't be fair on them to not allow them to play, then not play them in Test matches," said Hansen.
"We don't know what will happen over the next couple of weeks selection-wise but the hit-out against the Lions will be great for their careers."
The Hurricanes have won 10 of their 13 matches this season.
Choose lifepublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Rex FeaturesTouring New Zealand in 2017 may not be the equivalent to tripping around Australia in 1989, but today's match is the parallel to that meeting with Brumbies.
After that first-Test defeat on Saturday, this is the first chance for the Lions to respond.
In 1989, they chose to believe. After seeing off ACT, the Test team beat the Aussies in a hugely physical second Test before clinching a comeback series win via a David Campese brainfade.
The class of 2017 are facing their moment of truth on this tour.
Canberra, 1989published at 07:27 British Summer Time 27 June 2017
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Image source, Getty ImagesJuly 1989, Canberra.
On the back of losing the opening Test to the Wallabies, the Lions walked off the field at half-time in their subsequent midweek match with the home crowd openly laughing at them.
The best of Britain and Ireland trailed Australian Central Territories - far from the best state side down under - 21-11.
But the Lions emerged from the sheds to roar back and win 41-25.
"When we came back to the dressing room after the match, the players who were not playing – the Test team – lined the narrow corridor and clapped us in," remembered Wales centre Mike Hall., external
"We sat in the changing room for a long while and said that we were not going to lose another game.
"There had been a momentum shift: every tour has its decisive point where it can go one way or the other. How we responded when we were 21-11 down was ours in 1989."
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