Four years ago The Telegraph predicted the 2021 Lions squad - and it didn't go well
Rugby NewsSunday, 09 May 2021 at 09:32
Some of the names are shoo-ins for Warren Gatland's starting team in South Africa this summer. Others, though, are still uncapped...
Normally we wouldn’t be so sniffy about rubbish predictions as viewed in glorious 20-20 hindsight (Christ knows we’ve cocked up enough of our own over the years!) but it’s the Telegraph, so…y’know…sod ’em!
The players in bold DID make Gatland's 2021 squad>
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- Rob Evans (Wales)
- Jack McGrath (Ireland)
- Mako Vunipola (England)
- Zander Fagerson (Scotland)
- Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)
- Kyle Sinckler (England)
Hookers
- Jamie George (England)
- Neil Scannell (Ireland)
- Ryan Elias (Wales)
Locks
- Maro Itoje (England)
- Jonny Gray (Scotland)
- Joe Launchbury (England)
- Courtney Lawes (England)
- James Ryan (Ireland)
Back-row
- Taulupe Faletau (Wales)
- Zach Mercer (England)
- Ross Moriarty (Wales)
- Sam Underhill (England)
- Josh van der Flier (Ireland)
- Billy Vunipola (England)
- Sam Warburton (Wales)
- Hamish Watson (Scotland)
Scrum-halves
- Conor Murray (Ireland)
- Ali Price (Scotland)
- Tomos Williams (Wales)
Fly-halves
- Owen Farrell (England)
- George Ford (England)
- Finn Russell (Scotland)
Centre
- Jonathan Davies (Wales)
- Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)
- Harry Mallinder (England)
- Joe Marchant (England)
- Garry Ringrose (Ireland)
Back-three
- Joey Carbery (Ireland)
- Joe Cokanasiga (England)
- Elliot Daly (England)
- Steff Evans (Wales)
- Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
- Jack Nowell (England)
- Anthony Watson (England)
- Liam Williams (Wales)
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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