**A team made up mostly of Guinness PRO14 stars will represent the British and Irish Lions in their opening fixture against Japan on Saturday.** Warren Gatland has named 14 PRO14 players in his starting XV to take on the Brave Blossoms at Murrayfield, with former Ospreys fly-half Dan Biggar completing the line-up. The fixture marks the beginning of the Lions tour of South Africa, with the team set to jet off on Sunday for a summer of rugby that will see them take on United Rugby Championship sides the Emirates Lions, Cell C Sharks, Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers before a three-Test series against the Springboks. The Lions will also face a South Africa A side on July 14 but all eyes for now will be on putting in a confidence-building pre-departure performance against Japan in Edinburgh.
