WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Flyhalf Bryn Gatland, son of British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland, will play for a Provincial Barbarians team against the Lions in the opening match of their New Zealand tour at Whangarei on June 3.
Gatland was included in a revised squad named on Friday by Barbarians coach Clayton McMillan for what is likely to be the easiest match of the Lions’ 10-match tour.
McMillan was forced to make several changes to his squad when six players – Hame Haiva of the Blues, Quentin Strange and Heiden Bedwell Curtis of the Crusaders and Mitch Brown, Jonathan Taumateine and Johnny Fa’auli of the Chiefs – were forced to withdraw because of Super Rugby commitments.