British and Irish Lions

The 26-year-old Welsh scrum-half has recovered from the ankle injury that blighted his Six Nations tournament, and is keen to face the Pumas at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

"My ankle's feeling good and I'm looking forward to getting back on the field," he told Wales on Sunday. "It won't affect me at all.

"It would be something special to play for the Lions at the Millennium Stadium in front of a lot of Welsh fans. Hopefully, I'll get a run-out and prove my fitness as well."

Three former British & Irish Lions will line-up against an England XV at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday as the Barbarians warm-up for their showdown with the 2013 tourists in Hong Kong next week.

Radike Samo, one of only two players still playing top level rugby in Australia who placed against the 2001 British & Irish Lions, will return to top flight action with Queensland Reds against the Stormers in Cape Town on Sunday.

British & Irish Lions hookers Dylan Hartley and Tom Youngs will fight out their own private duel in the Aviva Premiership final at Twickenham on Saturday and then become team mates for the next six weeks a day later.