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5 Players Who Have Unexpectedly Put Themselves Into Lions Contention

5. Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales)

Position: Wing
Age: 20
Club: Gloucester
Caps: 7

As Bryan Habana, Jonny May, Makazole Mapimpi and others have shown, there is no substitute for pace. And Rees-Zammit has it by the bucketload, scoring three tries in the opening three rounds. He’s also been adding to his game, showing some deft handling and increasingly astute defensive awareness to merge with his obvious attacking instincts. A proper Lions bolter

DID YOU KNOW? Having started his youth career with the Cardiff Blues, he moved to Hartpury College and from there to the academy of Gloucester Rugby

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