British and Irish Lions

Kirwan sprang no surprises with Ramiro Pez, as expected, winning the number 10 jersey in place of Diego Dominguez, who is being rested even though he played for club side Stade Francais at the weekend.

With Cristian Stoica ruled out through injury it is Giovanni Raineri who will partner Paolo Vaccari in the centre with winger Mauro Bergamasco recovered from the bug that has hampered him this week.

Scott Palmer and Andrea Masi will travel with the 24-man squad to Twickenham but will be confined to the stands.

Italy kicked off their campaign with a 30-22 victory over Wales and then lost 37-13 to Ireland, both matches being played at the Stadio Flaminio.

Sunday's match will be a 75,000 sell-out at Twickenham.

Italy team: Mirco Bergamasco; Mauro Bergamasco, P Vaccari, G Raineri, D Dallan; R Pez, A Troncon (capt); G De Carli, C Festuccia, R Martinez, C Bezzi, M Giacheri, A De Rossi, A Persico, M Phillips.

Replacements: F Ongaro, L Castrogiovanni, A Lo Cicero, M Bortolami, M Mazzantini, G Peens, N Mazzucato.

The British & Irish Lions will dust themselves down after losing their unbeaten record to the Brumbies and be back at work in a positive frame of mind from Wednesday, according to 2009 Test full back Rob Kearney.

With Tuesday's trip to Canberra next on the agenda for The British & Irish Lions, we take a look back at their last clash with the Brumbies, a match that went right down to the wire.

The British & Irish Lions went to the home of one of the two schools that played fixtures against them on the inaugural tour in 1888 this week, Sydney Grammar School.