British and Irish Lions vs Maori All Blacks as it happened: Tourists seize momentum ahead of first Test

Follow the game as it happened from the Rotorua International Stadium

Jonathan Davies enjoyed his first full run-out of the tour (Getty)

The British and Irish Lions face the Maori All Blacks in their fifth warm-up match on their tour of New Zealand in what will be their penultimate game before the Test series with the All Blacks. Follow the latest here.

• Maori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions kicks off at 19:35 local time [08:35 BST]
• Warren Gatland recalls a number of Test candidates to face the Maori
• No Owen Farrell with fly-half ruled out through injury
• Johnny Sexton starts at 10, Peter O’Mahony captains the Lions with Sam Warburton on bench
• Maori All Blacks captained by Ash Dixon
• Nehe Milner-Skudder starts on wing, Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Reiko Ioane released by All Blacks

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What time does it start?

The Maori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions kicks off at 19:35 local time [08:35 BST] on Saturday 17 June.

What TV channel is it on?

The match will be shown live on sky Sports 1 from 08:00 BST.

Teams:

Maori All Blacks: James Lowe, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Matt Procter, Charlie Ngatai, Reiko Ioane; Damian McKenzie, Tawere Kerr-Barlow; Kane Hames, Ash Dixon, Ben May; Joe Wheeler, Tom Franklin; Akira Ioane, Elliot Dixon, Liam Messam.

Replacements: Hikawera Elliot, Chris Eves, Marcel Renata, Leighton Price, Kara Pryor, Bryn Hall, Ihaia West, Rob Thompson.

British and Irish Lions: Leigh Halfpenny; George North, Jonathan Davies, Ben Te’o, Anthony Watson; Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray; Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Tadhg Furlong; Maro Itoje, George Kruis; Peter O’Mahony, Sean O’Brien, Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: Ken Owens, Jack McGrath, Kyle Sinckler, Iain Henderson, Sam Warburton, Greig Laidlaw, Dan Biggar, Elliot Daly.

[17 June 2017 08:41 · Jack Austin]

4 mins: Sexton makes a great early break and offloads well to Furlong. The Lions win an early penalty and Leigh Halfpenny gets the chance to give the visitors a three-point lead... and he does. 3-0.

[17 June 2017 08:44 · Jack Austin]

6 mins: As we prepare for the first scrum of the game, we can reflect on this great start by the Lions. They have made a habit of getting out of the blocks quickly in games this tour and given how long it took New Zealand to get going against Samoa yesterday (and they really did get going) it will be so important come the Tests.

[17 June 2017 08:48 · Jack Austin]

9 mins: Halfpenny doubles his and the Lions' tally from the tee yet again with unerring accuracy. A good first 10 minutes from the Lions and they have six points to show for it. The real challenge is scoring tries. 6-0.

[17 June 2017 08:50 · Jack Austin]

11 mins: TRY MAORI

Awful defending from the Lions! The Maori have shown nothing so far but Milner-Skudder's kick is fumbled by North and he fears a collision with Halfpenny and Liam Messam touches down. Damian McKenzie adds the extras. 7-6.

[17 June 2017 08:54 · Jack Austin]

15 mins: The two sides are just kicking back and forth and it's giving North an opportunity to try and redeem himself and he burrows into the Maori midfield.

[17 June 2017 08:55 · Jack Austin]

17 mins: What a run from Jonathan Davies! He slices through the Maori defence before stepping past Milner-Skudder, but he is caught just before the line after a great turn of pace. The Lions keep going but momentum expires and we are brought back for the penalty for offside. 

[17 June 2017 08:56 · Jack Austin]

19 mins: The Lions opt for points again and again Halfpenny delivers. 9-0.

[17 June 2017 08:58 · Jack Austin]

19 mins: That sums up the Lions' tour so far. A scintillating line break but they just can't capitalise on it. They need to find a way of doing that if they're going to have a chance against the All Blacks. 

[17 June 2017 08:59 · Jack Austin]

21 mins: Itoje is turned over and gives away the penalty. McKenzie eases it over and the Maori are back ahead. 10-9.

[17 June 2017 09:01 · Jack Austin]

24 mins: Sexton skips past a defender again and Davies is on his shoulder again but good work from Procter sees the move break down. Davies is making a strong case for a Test shirt here though.