Farrell, who was drafted into the squad by his father and head coach Andy after Elliot Daly’s arm injury against Queensland Reds, will start on the bench at the Adelaide Oval.
The 33-year-old could make his 19th Lions appearance from the bench with Munster’s Tadhg Beirne captaining the side for the second time in Australia as Maro Itoje is given a rest.
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Beirne will line up alongside Leinster’s James Ryan in the second row behind Pierre Schoeman, Luke Cowan-Dickie and Will Stuart with Pollock, Jac Morgan and Ben Earl making up the back row.
Ben White and Fin Smith will link up at half-back with Sione Tuipulotu and Huw Jones in midfield and Hugo Keenan, Mack Hansen and Duhan van der Merwe combining in the back three.
England forward Pollock is back in the starting line-up after withdrawing from Saturday’s 21-10 victory over the Waratahs as a precaution with a tight calf.
The 20-year-old and his team-mates have one final opportunity to force his way into Farrell’s thinking one week out from the start of the Test series against the Wallabies on July 19, live on Sky Sports.
Lions team to face AUNZ Invitational XV
Starting XV: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Ben White; 1 Pierre Schoeman, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Will Stuart, 4 James Ryan, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 6 Henry Pollock, 7 Jac Morgan, 8 Ben Earl.
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Marcus Smith, 23 Owen Farrell.
British and Irish Lions tour of Australia on Sky Sports
Sky Sports will exclusively show the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, with all three Tests against the Wallabies and six warm-up matches to be shown exclusively live.
