Pierre Schoeman insists the British and Irish Lions鈥 overseas-born contingent have earned the right to be in Australia and have fully immersed themselves in the tourists鈥 culture. The Scotland prop is one of eight Lions players who were born, raised and educated in South Africa, New Zealand or Australia but qualify for their home unions through residency or family lineage. Players who hail from the southern hemisphere representing the Lions is nothing new, but the number of them present in Andy Farrell鈥檚 squad has caused a stir. Lions great Willie John McBride said it 鈥渂othered鈥 him, while former England scrum-half Danny Care declared that 鈥渋t doesn鈥檛 sit that well with me鈥. Australia head coach Joe Schmidt also took a swipe at the Lions team selection by describing Bundee Aki and Sione Tuipulotu as a 鈥渟outhern-hemisphere centre partnership鈥. But Schoeman insists he and his teammates who have switched nationality are ready to give everything in the quest to complete a series victory over the Wallabies, with Saturday鈥檚 fixture against Western Force their first assignment on Australian soil. 鈥淚f you鈥檙e good enough to play for your country, you鈥檙e good enough to play for the Lions and you鈥檙e selected, then obviously you鈥檙e going to do that,鈥 said Schoeman, who made five appearances for South Africa Under-20s in 2014. 鈥淧laying for the Lions is massive. Scotland is home for us, my wife and myself. I know that鈥檚 for the other players as well, like Mack Hansen has made Ireland home. 鈥淵ou embrace that. You fully take that on. It鈥檚 like the series Outlander 鈥 you move to a different country and now that鈥檚 your house. You live there. 鈥淚f you work for one of the big four in finance, you get the opportunity, you鈥檙e going to go for it. And you can really make that home. 鈥淏ut this is much different. To represent the British and Irish Lions, you fully buy into that and its culture. You fully submerge into that. Nothing else matters. Not your past, not the future. It鈥檚 about the now. 鈥淵esterday is gone forever, tomorrow might never come, now is the time to live. That鈥檚 what we do as Lions. It鈥檚 about the now, this tour. This is what really matters.鈥 The Lions arrived in Perth on the back of a 28-24 defeat by Argentina in Dublin, where they were given a taster of the support to come in Australia. A sold-out Aviva Stadium was swamped in red for the tour send-off and Schoeman insists it is essential to deliver for the hoards of fans who will make the journey Down Under. 鈥淚t was an amazing experience in Dublin to see the red army. It was incredible,鈥 he said. 鈥淵ou have to feel the responsibility of 50,000 or more fans coming to Australia. So you have a massive obligation and responsibility. 鈥淲e as the selected guys, management and players in this team have to make it happen. There鈥檚 no space for dead weight on this team. Everyone has to push in the same direction. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about driving this whole team towards a collective goal of going beyond and being back-to-back winners against Australia.鈥