#1. Marcus Smith (England)
The Harlequins fly-half only won his England Test debut a week before he was called into the Lions squad.
Gatland said: “Marcus Smith is going to be a superstar in the game. He is incredibly talented. If he was probably at any other of the four home nations he would definitely have been playing internationals by now and hopefully he gets that opportunity going forward because he has definitely got an incredible amount of talent.”
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