Ireland legend Stephen Ferris has put together his British & Irish Lions XV to tackle South Africa this summer.
"When it came to putting this team together, I looked at consistency over the past 12 months instead of just picking right now on form," wrote Ferris in his column for Sky Sports.
BACK-THREE:
15 Jacob Stockdale (Ireland); 14 Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales), 11 Jonny May (England)
CENTRES:
13 George North (Wales), 12 Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)
HALFBACKS:
10 Owen Farrell (England, captain), 9 Conor Murray (Ireland)
FRONT-ROW:
1 Rory Sutherland (Scotland), 2 Jamie George (England), 3 Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)
SECOND-ROW:
4 Maro Itoje (England, vice-captain), 5 James Ryan (Ireland)
BACK-ROW:
6 Sam Underhill (England), 7 Tom Curry (England), 8 Taulupe Faletau (Wales).
