Lions make five changes, bring in Shaw

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - British and Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan Thursday made five changes, including naming an all-Wales front row, for Saturday's second test against South Africa in Pretoria.

The Lions scrum was given a torrid time in last week's 26-21 defeat in Durban and it was no surprise that tighthead Phil Vickery and hooker Lee Mears were replaced in the starting team by Adam Jones and Matthew Rees.

Jones will have to perform markedly better than Vickery against Springbok loosehead Tendai Mtawarira -- The Beast -- who delivered a man of the match performance before being withdrawn for the last quarter.

McGeechan also drafted in giant English lock Simon Shaw, the only tourist to have played in the 1997 series, in place of Welshman Alun-Wyn Jones.

Fullback Lee Byrne, who went off with a foot injury in the first half in Durban, was replaced by Ireland's Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald came in for Ugo Monye on the wing.

Team: 15-Rob Kearney, 14-Tommy Bowe, 13-Brian O'Driscoll, 12-Jamie Roberts, 11-Luke Fitzgerald, 10-Stephen Jones, 9-Mike Phillips; 8-Jamie Heaslip, 7-David Wallace, 6-Tom Croft, 5-Paul O'Connell, 4-Simon Shaw, 3-Adam Jones, 2-Matthew Rees, 1-Gethin Jenkins.

Replacements: 16-Ross Ford, 17-Andrew Sheridan, 18-Alun-Wyn Jones, 19-Martyn Williams, 20-Harry Ellis, 21-Ronan O'Gara, 22-Shane Williams.

(Editing by Ed Osmond)