2017 British and Irish Lions Tour: Highlanders v British and Irish Lions - BBC Sport

Summary

Final score: Lions 22-23 Highlanders
Lions have now won two and lost two games on tour
Naholo, Coltman tries, Sopoaga 2 pens & 2 cons, Banks pen for Highlanders
Joseph, Seymour, Warburton tries, Biggar pen & 2 cons for Lions
Lions' Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg our of tour

Live Reporting

Mike Henson

Tour over for Hoggpublished at 07:37 British Summer Time 13 June 2017
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The Lions squad is down a man this morning. And it is a big one.
Stuart Hogg - the Scotland full-back and Six Nations player of the tournament for the past two years - is heading home after fracturing a bone in his face in a collision with team-mate Conor Murray during the win over the Crusaders.
"I'm gutted to be leaving the Tour at this stage," Hogg said.
"It is an honour to have been involved in a second British and Irish Lions tour. I have hugely enjoyed my time with the squad and I'm very excited about the potential of this group."
Postpublished at 07:33 British Summer Time 13 June 2017
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Saturday 24 June and the first Test seemed an almost hypothetical target when the British and Irish Lions left home shores.
Now it is looming large and real.
The All Blacks squad - announced on Thursday - stretched off at the Trusts Stadium earlier today.
For the Lions it is a stiffer test. They are in Dunedin to hit out against the Highlanders, Super Rugby champions as recently as 2015.
The countdownpublished at 07:29 British Summer Time 13 June 2017
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15,900 minutes.
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265 hours
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11 days