2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA
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Backs: Josh Adams, Bundee Aki, Dan Biggar, Elliot Daly, Gareth Davies, Owen Farrell, Chris Harris, Robbie Henshaw, Stuart Hogg, Conor Murray, Ali Price, Louis Rees-Zammit, Finn Russell, Duhan van der Merwe, Anthony Watson, Liam Williams.
No Sexton.
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The forwards are:
Tadhg Beirne, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jack Conan, Tom Curry, Zander Fageron, Tadhg Furlong, Jamie George, Iain Henderson, Jonny Hill, Maro Itoje, Alun Wyn Jones, Wyn Jones, Courtney Lawes, Ken Owens, Andrew Porter, Sam Simmonds, Rory Sutherland, Justin Tipuric, Mako Vunipola, Hamish Watson.
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No Jonathon Davies either
@yeahtheboys that's crazy, he's class. Aki, Harris and Henshaw might have featured more in the highlights this season, but the selectors have missed a trick here.
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Davies is a big fat F.
Should have been there. Prolly over evans
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Davies is a big fat F.
Should have been there. Prolly over evans
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Possibly a few who declined selection like Ben Youngs, but some very lucky boys in that squad
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The forwards are:
Tadhg Beirne, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jack Conan, Tom Curry, Zander Fageron, Tadhg Furlong, Jamie George, Iain Henderson, Jonny Hill, Maro Itoje, Alun Wyn Jones, Wyn Jones, Courtney Lawes, Ken Owens, Andrew Porter, Sam Simmonds, Rory Sutherland, Justin Tipuric, Mako Vunipola, Hamish Watson.
@victor-meldrew said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
The forwards are:
Tadhg Beirne, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jack Conan, Tom Curry, Zander Fageron, Tadhg Furlong, Jamie George, Iain Henderson, Jonny Hill, Maro Itoje, Alun Wyn Jones, Wyn Jones, Courtney Lawes, Ken Owens, Andrew Porter, Sam Simmonds, Rory Sutherland, Justin Tipuric, Mako Vunipola, Hamish Watson.
SEVEN props. No Gray or Ryan in second row!
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A few surprises for me, in no particular order: Chris Harris, Elliot Daly Jack Conan, Jonny Hill, Bundee Aki.
More surprises about some of those left out I guess. Sexton not a surprise for me, I'd maybe pick him for a one off game but a series, not so much. Sinckler is one that does surprise me and Tomos Williams too.
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@victor-meldrew said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
The forwards are:
Tadhg Beirne, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jack Conan, Tom Curry, Zander Fageron, Tadhg Furlong, Jamie George, Iain Henderson, Jonny Hill, Maro Itoje, Alun Wyn Jones, Wyn Jones, Courtney Lawes, Ken Owens, Andrew Porter, Sam Simmonds, Rory Sutherland, Justin Tipuric, Mako Vunipola, Hamish Watson.
SEVEN props. No Gray or Ryan in second row!
@pakman said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@victor-meldrew said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
The forwards are:
Tadhg Beirne, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jack Conan, Tom Curry, Zander Fageron, Tadhg Furlong, Jamie George, Iain Henderson, Jonny Hill, Maro Itoje, Alun Wyn Jones, Wyn Jones, Courtney Lawes, Ken Owens, Andrew Porter, Sam Simmonds, Rory Sutherland, Justin Tipuric, Mako Vunipola, Hamish Watson.
SEVEN props. No Gray or Ryan in second row!
Correction: SIX. Had thought Sinckler was locked in!
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Great to see Bundee fulfilling his childhood dream.
Has anyone actually seen SA sides post recently. I haven’t checked in on the “rainbow” cup yet. Makes a change with a bit of mystery about the SA players.
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Great to see Bundee fulfilling his childhood dream.
Has anyone actually seen SA sides post recently. I haven’t checked in on the “rainbow” cup yet. Makes a change with a bit of mystery about the SA players.
@billy-tell Keo had been putting out article after article about how the Boks are going to smash the Lions, so I guess SA think they're doing alright!
Some left field selections there, O'aki -Wtf? He's no Tualagi stand in. Sinkler out cos he's such a twat, and they'll be in a bubble of just them for two months. Same as Marler. Maybe Gats and co experience of their personalities had more of an effect than normal because of this. Might have effected the national make up too, very balanced, less complaining about that.
Scotland more players in this than the last three together, probably!
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@billy-tell Keo had been putting out article after article about how the Boks are going to smash the Lions, so I guess SA think they're doing alright!
Some left field selections there, O'aki -Wtf? He's no Tualagi stand in. Sinkler out cos he's such a twat, and they'll be in a bubble of just them for two months. Same as Marler. Maybe Gats and co experience of their personalities had more of an effect than normal because of this. Might have effected the national make up too, very balanced, less complaining about that.
Scotland more players in this than the last three together, probably!
@machpants said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Scotland more players in this than the last three together, probably!
the most balanced Lions side I can remember. It's not a national side with extras like some years
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Two main surprises to me are no Underhill and no Sinkler. Gatland is right to leave out Billy Vunipola and Jonny Sexton. Think his midfield looks a bit one-dimensional.
@sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Two main surprises to me are no Underhill and no Sinkler. Gatland is right to leave out Billy Vunipola and Jonny Sexton. Think his midfield looks a bit one-dimensional.
Is Farrell a 10 or 12 in this?
