Lawrence Dallaglio leaves Underhill and Vunipola out of his 2021 Lions XV
Rugby NewsMonday, 24 August 2020 at 14:13
Lawrence Dallaglio has written off some huge stars ahead of the British & Irish Lions' three-Test showdown with world champions South Africa.
Speaking on The Ruck Podcast on The Times website, Dallaglio revealed his Lions XV...
FB: Liam Williams (Wales)
“Liam Williams is the man in possession of the jersey, he started all three Tests against the All Blacks at full-back and for me he’s the one that starts in that position,” h
RW: Josh Adams (Wales)
OC: Garry Ringrose (Ireland) or Jonathan Davies (Wales)
IC: Robbie Henshaw (Ireland) or Manu Tuilagi (England)
LW: Anthony Watson (England)
FH: Owen Farrell (England)
SH: Tomos Williams (Wales)
LP: Joe Marler (England) or Rory Sutherland (Scotland) or Mako Vunipola (England),
HK: Jamie George (England)
TP: Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)
LK: Maro Itoje (England, capt)
"Obviously we know with distinction the great Alun Wyn Jones has led previous Lions tours. But really, Maro Itoje is in one shirt I would say. Possibly with the skipper’s armband on, given the powerful antidote that would be to Siya Kolisi’s style of captaincy."
LK: James Ryan (Ireland)
"Even though he didn’t have his best Six Nations, James Ryan is a real leader of this Ireland side for the next three or four years moving forward."
BF: Courtney Lawes (England)
OF: Tom Curry (England)
"“I do see the seven jersey being a straight shoot-out between Tom Curry, who will go toe-to-toe with Justin Tipuric."
N8: Taulupe Faletau (Wales)
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