The interesting Lions XV picked by James Haskell and Mike Tindall

Bracing themselves for the social media backlash, their team features eight of their fellow countrymen, two Welsh players, two Scots and three Irishmen.

Speaking on the House of Rugby Podcast last year, this is the selection that they come up with.

 Stuart Hogg (Scotland); Anthony Watson (England), Jacob Stockdale (Ireland)

Jonathan Davies (Wales), Manu Tuilagi (England)

Owen Farrell (England), Gareth Davies (Wales)

Mako Vunipola (England), Jamie George (England), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)

Maro Itoje (England), James Ryan (Ireland)

Tom Curry (England), Hamish Watson (Scotland), Billy Vunipola (England)