England prop Ellis Genge made a good case for Lions call-up by powering Leicester Tigers into the European Challenge Cup final.
Watched by Lions coaches Gregor Townsend and Steve Tandy, the England loosehead picked Tigers up when they were down and drove them to glory.
Watching Lions legend Sam Warburton purred: “I’d definitely have Genge in my squad for South Africa.”
He then received more praise for his actions after he was replaced, heading straight to the Ulster bench to check on John Cooney after the scrum-half suffered a concussion..
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- 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
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