Watch Lions - South Africa online

You can watch the British and Irish Lions take on world champions South Africa in the first Test in Durban live online.

To see live coverage on the web, you'll need to sign up to the Sky Player service.

You don't need to be an existing Sky customer but you will need to sign up for a monthly subscription, from £34 per month.

The BBC Sport website has live text commentary as well as audio commentary of the game.

The game kicks off at 1400BST, with the Lions opting for a blend of experience, strength and skill rather than pure brute force.

Loose-head Gethin Jenkins might lack the raw power of Andrew Sheridan but makes up for it with his ability in the loose and at the breakdown. Hooker Lee Mears and tight-head Phil Vickery will look to irritate the South African front row with their confrontational style.

The Lions will hope to disrupt South Africa's formidable line-out with locks Paul O'Connell and Alan Wyn-Jones, with blind-side Tom Croft another potential target man.

Mike Phillips starts at 9, Stephen Jones gets the nod at fly-half, with the back five of Ugo Monye, Tommy Bowe, Jamie Roberts, Brian O'Driscoll and Lee Byrne having been picked on form rather than reputation.

However, the back-row battle will be key to the outcome of the game and despite the injury to South Africa's number 7 Schalk Burger, Pierre Spies, probably the best and certainly the fastest number 8 in the world at the moment, will be tough to stop.

There are no weak links in the Springboks side but the Lions will look to target centre Jean de Villiers and wing Brian Habana in particular.