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Garry Ringrose has been ruled out of tonight’s second Test after self-reporting concussion symptoms earlier in the week.

As part of the concussion protocols, Lions boss Andy Farrell was forced to remove the Irish centre from the squad, despite having been picked to start in midfield tonight.

It is understood that Ringrose approached the Lions boss after Thursday’s training session, just before he was set to announce his team. It means he has now missed both the first and second Tests due to the head injury.

The 30-year-old suffered a concussion injury during the Lions' victory against the Brumbies on July 9, and had returned to feature during the Tourists' match against First Nations & Pasifika XV in Melbourne.

He played 16 minutes during that game, but was forced to rule himself out of tonight's clash against the Wallabies.

Now, Owen Farrell has spoken out to praise the Irishman for his ‘selfless’ act.

'It’s head-related again,' Farrell said.

'It was literally as I was walking off the field, he came to me, and once it’s mentioned, that’s that.

'There was no incident. He was feeling good, well in advance of Tuesday, and fit and ready to play.

'No incident through the game at all, nothing yesterday and nothing this morning at all, but with these types of things, players are getting very good at telling the truth of how they feel, so it was a no-brainer to make the change straight away.'

Farrell was asked if this was an ‘unbelievably selfless act’, replying: ‘It is actually.

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