The 36 Lions players who will head to South Africa, according to the odds
Rugby NewsWednesday, 04 November 2020 at 16:07
Warren Gatland has revealed he will only take 36 players on the British and Irish Lions tour to take on the world champion Springboks, with the head coach set to make a sizeable cut to his squad size because of the reduced schedule.
“We’re probably looking at 35 or 36 players,” he said. “Maybe a 20-15 split (forwards to backs) or a 20-16 split. In doing that, we’ll probably name a standby squad.
“Because we don’t have a game before the first Test, which has been a real pressure in the past because you’re trying to protect your Lions matchday 23, that makes it a heck of a lot easier in terms of preparation for the first Test week."
We thought it would be interesting to see how the reduced size squad might look based on the favourites to make the tour, according to Betfair.
BACK-THREE (6)
- Josh Adams (Wales) - 1/10
- Jonny May (England) - 1/10
- Stuart Hogg (Scotland) - 4/11
- Anthony Watson (England) - 4/7
- Liam Williams (Wales) - 4/6
- Elliot Daly (England) - 8/11
CENTRES (4)
- Jonathan Davies (Wales) - 2/5
- Manu Tuilagi (England) - 1/2
- Garry Ringrose (Ireland) - 1/2
- Henry Slade (England) - 4/6
FLY-HALVES (3)
- Owen Farrell (England) -1/20
- Johnny Sexton (Ireland) - 8/11
- Finn Russell (Scotland) - 10/11
SCRUM-HALVES (3)
- Conor Murray (Ireland) - 8/11
- Gareth Davies (Wales) - 5/6
- Ben Youngs (England) - 5/4
PROPS (6)
- Tadhg Furlong (Ireland) - 1/12
- Kyle Sinckler (England) - 1/7
- Mako Vunipola (England) - 4/11
- Ellis Genge (England) - 8/11
- Cian Healy (Ireland) - 57
- Andrew Porter (Ireland) - 13/8
HOOKERS (3)
- Jamie George (England) - 1/10
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (England) - 4/6
- Stuart McInally (Scotland) - 11/10
LOCKS (5)
- Maro Itoje (England) - 1/12
- James Ryan (Ireland) - 1/10
- Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) - 3/10
- Jonny Gray (Scotland) - 10/11
- Iain Henderson (Ireland) - 11/8
BACK-ROW (6)
- Tom Curry (England) - 1/5
- Billy Vunipola (England) - 1/5
- Sam Underhill (England) - 1/3
- Justin Tipuric (Wales) - 8/11
- CJ Stander (Ireland) - 8/11
- Caelan Doris (Ireland) - 7/4
BIG NAMES WHO MISS OUT:
- Dan Biggar (Wales) - 11/10
- Robbie Henshaw (Ireland) - 11/10
- Bundee Aki (Ireland) - 2/1
- George North (Wales) - 9/4
- Jack Nowell (England) - 11/4
- Hamish Watson (Scotland) - 7/4
- Taulupe Faletau (Scotland) - 7/4
- Courtney Lawes (England) - 7/4
- Jamie Ritchie (Scotland) - 5/1
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