“A total joke” – What happened to Warren Gatland’s infamous ‘Geography Six’ Lions

#6. FINN RUSSELL – Scotland

Russell made a brief five-minute appearance for the Lions against the Hurricanes while Biggar was undergoing a head injury assessment. The mercurial playmaker was the player who came closest of the six to making Gatland’s original party for the trip to New Zealand, but he’s right in the mix this year after beating Johnny Sexton to a place in the 2021 squad.

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