Lions Call Up Ireland's Osborne As Cover For Kinghorn

Ireland's Jamie Osborne will subordinate nan British and Irish Lions squad arsenic back-up to Blair Kinghorn contempt nan Scotland full-back receiving "positive news" from a scan connected a knee injury.

Kinghorn sustained nan wounded successful Wednesday's win complete nan ACT Brumbies, stretching nan tourists' resources astatine full-back pinch Hugo Keenan's crippled clip having been restricted by unwellness and injury.

Osborne, who is described arsenic "training cover" for Kinghorn, will get astatine nan Lions campy connected Saturday from Portugal, wherever he has been training pinch Ireland.

Kinghorn is precocious backmost from a abstracted knee wounded sustained connected nine work for Toulouse.

The Lions said nan aesculapian squad will "manage his return to training complete nan coming days".

The Lions play their last pre-series circuit crippled against an Australia/New Zealand invitational broadside connected Saturday, earlier taking connected nan Wallabies successful nan first Test connected 19 July.

Toulouse's advancement to nan Top 14 last delayed Kinghorn's presence connected tour, and he lasted only 24 minutes connected his Lions debut against nan Brumbies earlier being replaced.

England's Marcus Smith, whose expertise to screen some fly-half and full-back was cardinal to his action successful nan squad, has played nan astir minutes astatine 15, pinch Tommy Freeman, Mack Hansen and Huw Jones besides capable to capable successful if nan Lions find themselves short.

Lions caput coach Andy Farrell gave Osborne nan first of his 8 Test caps astatine full-back against South Africa past summer, but nan 23-year-old is much utilized to playing successful midfield.

Scotland's Tom Jordan and Wales' Blair Murray mightiness besides person entered Farrell's reasoning arsenic options to screen for Kinghorn.