Matt Dawson picks Daly and Simmonds in his bold Lions XV

SECOND-ROW:

• 4. Maro Itoje (England)
• 5. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)

Dawson said: “Jones should be captain. He came on against the Stormers after his swift recovery from injury and went straight back into it. He didn’t shirk. He has got all the experience, the communication with the referee and the game management.”

The Springboks were left no option but to send a strong side out to face the British & Irish Lions. In so many ways, this was exactly what Warren Gatland needed too.@SBarnesRugby breaks down the XV and who did their Test chances good and bad https://t.co/1KG4BSG4LD

— Times Sport (@TimesSport) July 15, 2021

BACK-ROW:

• 6. Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)
• 7. Tom Curry (England)
• 8. Taulupe Faletau (Wales)

Dawson said: “To have a back row like Sam Simmonds who is such a threat, who can step and score and pass and link as well as compete out wide gives you a completely different dimension.”

“It’s been incredible to be honest” 
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