Sam Warburton captains the side from openside flanker and he is joined by tighthead Adam Jones, lock Alun Wyn Jones, scrum-half Mike Phillips, centre Jonathan Davies and the back three of Alex Cuthbert, George North and Leigh Halfpenny.
Full British and Irish Lions team: L Halfpenny (Wales); A Cuthbert (Wales), B O'Driscoll (Ireland), J Davies (Wales), G North (Wales); J Sexton (Ireland), M Phillips (Wales); A Corbisiero (England), T Youngs (England), A Jones (Wales), A W Jones (Wales), P O'Connell (Ireland), T Croft (England), S Warburton (Wales, capt), J Heaslip (Ireland).
Replacements: R Hibbard (Wales), M Vunipola (England), D Cole (England), G Parling (England), D Lydiate (Wales), B Youngs (England), O Farrell (England), S Maitland (Ireland).