In 2017, The Telegraph predicted how the 2021 Lions would look?
British and Irish LionsTuesday, 11 July 2017 at 16:28
had a go at predicting a squad for the 2021 tour to South Africa following the 2017 series in New Zealand.
One player has already retired...
Potential Lions squad for tour of South Africa 2021
Props
Rob Evans (Wales), Jack McGrath (Ireland), Mako Vunipola (England), Zander Fagerson (Scotland), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Kyle Sinckler (England)
Hookers
Jamie George (England), Neil Scannell (Ireland), Ryan Elias (Wales)
Locks
Maro Itoje (England), Jonny Gray (Scotland), Joe Launchbury (England), Courtney Lawes (England), James Ryan (Ireland)
Back-row
Taulupe Faletau (Wales), Zach Mercer (England), Ross Moriarty (Wales), Sam Underhill (England), Josh van der Flier (Ireland), Billy Vunipola (England), Sam Warburton (Wales), Hamish Watson (Scotland)
Scrum-halves
Conor Murray (Ireland), Ali Price (Scotland), Tomos Williams (Wales)
Fly-halves
Owen Farrell (England), George Ford (England), Finn Russell (Scotland)
Centre
Jonathan Davies (Wales), Robbie Henshaw (Ireland), Harry Mallinder (England), Joe Marchant (England), Garry Ringrose (Ireland)
Back-three
Joey Carbery (Ireland), Joe Cokanasiga (England), Elliot Daly (England), Steff Evans (Wales), Stuart Hogg (Scotland), Jack Nowell (England), Anthony Watson (England), Liam Williams (Wales)
TRENDING
LATEST NEWS
LATEST COMMENTS
- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
Loading