REPORT: Warren Gatland reveals 57 players are in contention for Lions selection - Ruck

REPORT: Warren Gatland reveals 57 players are in contention for Lions selection

The British and Irish Lions coaches assembled on Monday afternoon for their first selection meeting ahead of the 2021 tour of South Africa.

Warren Gatland revealed that 57 different players were discussed with all four coaches said to be in agreement on around 50% of the names.

Below we look at the 57 favourites to make the squad, according to Oddschecker.

BACK-THREE (9):

  1. Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
  2. Liam Williams (Wales)
  3. Josh Adams (Wales)
  4. Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales)
  5. Elliot Daly (England)
  6. Anthony Watson (England)
  7. George North (Wales)
  8. Duhan van de Merwe (Scotland)
  9. Jonny May (England)
Stuart Hogg

CENTRES (7):

  1. Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)
  2. Henry Slade (England)
  3. Chris Harris (Scotland)
  4. Jonathan Davies (Wales)
  5. Manu Tuilagi (England)
  6. Garry Ringrose (Ireland)
  7. Bundee Aki (Ireland)

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