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Leigh Halfpenny, George North, Alun Wyn Jones and Ian Evans are the Welshmen in a vastly changed Lions starting line-up to face Western Force on Wednesday - but there is still no Sam Warburton.

As expected, coach Warren Gatland has reshuffled significantly for the second match of the tour following the 59-8 rout of the Barbarians in Hong Kong.

No.8 Toby Faletau is on the bench, but captain Warburton has been held back following the knee injury that kept him out of the Baa-Baas encounter.

Irish legend Brian O'Driscoll will skipper the side in Warburton's absence.

Five of the starting team - Tuilagi, O'Brien, Evans, Cole and Best will be making their Lions debuts, while six of the starting team are baking up, having played off the bench against the Barbarians.

"We have picked a team that looks strong on paper and we want to continue with the momentum we created on Saturday," said Gatland.

"There is a huge amount of competition in this squad.

"We're not worrying about the opposition we just want to build ourselves and get to know patterns, structures and combinations.

"We have a gameplan to go out and attack Force with but won't be looking too much at them."

On Warburton, Gatland said: "It's only fair that Sam is given the chance to take a full part in training having been held back.

"He will be in contention to play on Saturday."

O'Driscoll added: "We have to be ruthless and make ourselves very difficult to beat.

"It's exciting for me to be back here with the Lions."

In his first press conference on Australian soil, Gatland stressed the importance of the business that lies ahead.

"This is going to be massive, there will be a media frenzy and the players are very motivated," he said.

"It's very important the Lions are successful. We came away with pride restored in 2009."

Starting XV

Leigh Halfpenny, Tommy Bowe, Brian O'Driscoll (capt), Manu Tuilagi, George North, Jonny Sexton, Conor Murray; Cian Healy, Rory Best, Dan Cole, Alun Wyn Jones, Ian Evans, Tom Croft, Sean O'Brien, Jamie Heaslip

Replacements

Tom Youngs, Mako Vunipola, Matt Stevens, Geoff Parling, Toby Faletau, Ben Youngs, Owen Farrell, Sean Maitland