Lions INCREDIBLE strength in depth: The first, second, third and FOURTH choice XV’s
Rugby NewsFriday, 09 April 2021 at 17:06
RUCK look at how deep the British & Irish Lions options run with four top-class starting XV’s available to Warren Gatland if everyone is fit and available.
The selections were picked based on the odds to make this summer's squad from
BACK-THREE:
- First choice: Josh Adams (Wales), Jonny May (England), Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
- Second choice: Anthony Watson (England), Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales), Liam Williams (Wales)
- Third choice: Duhan van de Merwe (Scotland), Elliot Daly (England), Jacob Stockdale (Ireland)
- Fourth choice: Keith Earls (Ireland), Jack Nowell (England), Jordan Larmour (Ireland)
CENTRES:
- First choice: Robbie Henshaw (Ireland), Jonathan Davies (Wales)
- Second choice: George North (Wales), Garry Ringrose (Ireland)
- Third choice: Manu Tuilagi (England), Henry Slade (England)
- Fourth choice: Bundee Aki (Ireland), Jonathan Joseph (England)
HALFBACKS:
- First choice: Owen Farrell (England), Conor Murray (Ireland)
- Second choice: Dan Biggar (Wales), Ben Youngs (England)
- Third choice: Johnny Sexton (Ireland), Tomos Williams (Wales)
- Fourth choice: Finn Russell (Scotland, Gareth Davies (Wales)
FRONT-ROW:
- First choice: Wyn Jones (Wales), Ken Owens (Wales), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)
- Second choice: Mako Vunipola (England), Jamie George (England), Kyle Sinckler (England)
- Third choice: Cian Healy (Ireland), Luke Cowan-Dickie (England), Zander Fagerson (Scotland)
- Fourth choice: Rory Sutherland (Scotland), Rob Herring (Ireland), Andrew Porter (Ireland)
SECOND-ROW:
- First choice: Maro Itoje (England), James Ryan (Ireland)
- Second choice: Alun Wyn Jones (Wales), Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)
- Third choice: Jonny Gray (Scotland), Iain Henderson (Ireland)
- Fourth choice: Joe Launchbury (England), Courtney Lawes (England)
BACK-ROW:
- First choice: Tom Curry (England), Justin Tipuric (Wales), Taulupe Faletau (Wales)
- Second choice: Josh Navidi (Wales), Hamish Watson (Scotland), Billy Vunipola (England)
- Third choice: Jamie Ritchie (Scotland), Sam Underhill (England), CJ Stander (Ireland)
- Fourth choice: Aaron Wainwright (Wales), Peter O'Mahony (Ireland), Sam Simmonds (England)
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