Lions squad to New Zealand: Who we think is on the plane to face the All Blacks - Ruck

Lions squad to New Zealand: Who we think is on the plane to face the All Blacks

The Six Nations is over and Warren Gatland now has the arduous task of picking a Lions squad for this summer’s tour of New Zealand.

The RUCK team have named their possible 37-man squad for the trip.

It features 12 of Eddie Jones’ men and 11 from Ireland, along with seven from Wales and five from Scotland.


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Props: Jack McGrath (Ireland), Mako Vunipola (England), Cian Healy (Ireland), Dan Cole (England), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Zander Fagerson (Scotland)
Hookers: Rory Best (Ireland), Dylan Hartley (England), Ken Owens (Wales)
Second row: Alun Wyn-Jones (Wales), Maro Itoje (England), Jonny Gray (Scotland), Courtney Lawes (England), Joe Launchbury (England)
Flankers: James Haskell (England), Sam Warburton (Wales), Justin Tipuric (Wales), Sean O’Brien (Ireland),
Number 8: Billy Vunipola (England), Jamie Heaslip (Ireland), CJ Stander (Ireland)
Scrum-halves: Conor Murray (Ireland), Rhys Webb (Wales), Ben Youngs (England)
Out-halves: Johnny Sexton (Ireland), Finn Russell (Scotland)
Centres: Owen Farrell (also named as out-half) (England), Robbie Henshaw (Ireland), Alex Dunbar (Scotland), Jonathan Joseph (England), Garry Ringrose (Ireland)
Wings: Jack Nowell (England), Liam Williams (Wales), Elliot Daly (England), George North (Wales)
Fullbacks: Leigh Halfpenny (Wales), Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
The Lions squad will be named on April 19th.