SECOND-ROW:
- Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)
- Maro Itoje (England)
- James Ryan (Ireland)
- Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)
OUR VIEW: Six months ago, Ryan was one of the first names on everybody’s Lion’s teamsheet. But, if we’re being honest, he was outperformed by Iain Henderson during the Six Nations and shouldn’t be a definite based on form.
BACK-ROW:
- Taulupe Faletau (Wales)
- Tom Curry (England)
- Justin Tipuric (Wales)
- CJ Stander (Ireland)
- Hamish Watson (Scotland)
OUR VIEW: With the plethora of talent available for Gatland in the back-row, we’d say only Curry and Faletau could be considered a certainty at this stage.
Lions Tour 2021 fixtures and TV channel
- Saturday, June 26… Japan… Murrayfield… Sky Sports… KO TBC
- Saturday July 3… Stormers… Cape Town… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Wednesday, July 7… South Africa Invitational… Port Elizabeth… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, July 10… Sharks… Durban… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Wednesday, July 14… South Africa A… Mbombela… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, July 17… Bulls… Pretoria… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, July 24… South Africa… Johannesburg… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, July 31… South Africa… Cape Town… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, August 7… South Africa… Johannesburg… Sky Sports… KO 7pm