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Stuart Hogg playing against South Africa for the British and Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium last weekend (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Borderers Stuart Hogg and Rory Sutherland dropped from British and Irish Lions m...

Stuart Hogg playing against South Africa for the British and Irish Lions in Cape Town on Saturday (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Borders rugby star Stuart Hogg hits out at bite claims after South Africa test d...

British and Irish Lions full-back Stuart Hogg on the ball against South Africa in Cape Town yesterday (Photo by Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images)

Borderers Stuart Hogg and Rory Sutherland help British and Irish Lions to victor...

Stuart Hogg taking part in the British and Irish Lions' captain's run today, July 23, ahead of their first test against South Africa tomorrow at Cape Town Stadium (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

British and Irish Lions’ matchday test squad tomorrow to feature two Borderers f...

Stuart Hogg at a British and Irish Lions training session at Hermanus High School in South Africa today, July 20 (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Borderer Stuart Hogg tells of pride at captaining British and Irish Lions for se...

Hawick's Stuart Hogg during the warm-up before the match between South Africa A and the British and Irish Lions in Cape Town on Wednesday, a game he didn't feature in (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Hawick’s Stuart Hogg named as captain for British and Irish Lions’ next game and...

Hawick's Rory Sutherland charging upfield during the match between Cell C Sharks and the British and Irish Lions at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Saturday in Pretoria (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Borderers Stuart Hogg and Rory Sutherland to miss British and Irish Lions’ game ...

Covid pressure has hit the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa.

Lions' South African rugby tour hit by Covid cases

British and Irish Lions captain Stuart Hogg running with the ball against the Sigma Lions at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg in South Africa on Saturday (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Hawick’s Stuart Hogg and Rory Sutherland on bench for Lions’ second game in Sout...

This is when the British and Irish Lions tour starts - and how to watch it on TV

Stuart Hogg playing for Exeter Chiefs against Harlequins during Saturday's English Premiership rugby final at Twickenham Stadium in London (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Hawick’s Stuart Hogg to captain Lions for first game in South Africa
Hawick’s Stuart Hogg has been named as captain for the British and Irish Lions’ first match in South Africa.

Lions prop Rory Sutherland breaking a tackle by Japan's Michael Keitch at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on Saturday (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Hawick rugby chiefs tell of pride at seeing Rory Sutherland become their latest ...

Hawick's Stuart Hogg playing for Exeter Chiefs against Sale last weekend (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

Borders rugby star Stuart Hogg to miss out on Lions’ game in Scotland

Scotland captain Stuart Hogg is one of two Borderers in this year's British and Irish Lions squad (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Borders Lions Stuart Hogg and Rory Sutherland tell of pride at seeing red

Borderers Stuart Hogg and Rory Sutherland celebrating after helping Scotland win rugby's Calcutta Cup in February (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Borders rugby stars Rory Sutherland and Stuart Hogg picked for British and Irish...

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium last month (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Gregor Townsend to consult fellow veterans of 1997’s Lions triumph in South Afri...

Gregor Townsend acting as an ambassador for the British and Irish Lions' 2017 tour of South Africa at a media briefing in London in 2016 (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Former Gala star Gregor Townsend tells of pride at landing role with Lions

Kelso's Ross Ford getting ready in May 2009 to head out on that year's British and Irish Lions' tour of South Africa (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Nostalgia in pictures: 12 of the last Borders rugby players to get Lions call-up...

Scotland captain Stuart Hogg with the Calcutta Cup following his side's victory in the Guinness Six Nations match between England and Scotland at Twickenham Stadium today. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Hawick's Stuart Hogg inspires Scotland to first Twickenham win for almost 40 yea...