World-class scrum-half Antoine Dupont could make history as the first French Lion following reports in across the pond.
British and Irish Lions chairman Jason Leonard held talks with the FRU this week with the intention of expanding the Lions to become a 'Northern hemisphere XV' from as early as this summer.
APRIL FOOLS.
Fans pick their Lions squad, including Rees-Zammit and Simmonds
Who’s Made the Plane
Forwards
HOOKERS
- Jamie George (39%),
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (27%)
- Ken Owens (34%)
PROPS
- Rory Sutherland (15%)
- Mako Vunipola (29%)
- Cian Healy (16%)
- Tadhg Furlong (47%)
- Kyle Sinckler (38%)
- Andrew Porter (12%)
SECOND-ROW:
- Alun Wyn Jones (50%)
- Jonny Gray (29%)
- Maro Itoje (77%)
- James Ryan (49%)
- Tadgh Beirne (21%)
BACK-ROW:
- CJ Stander (43%)
- Tom Curry (50%)
- Sam Underhill (23%)
- Justin Tipuric (41%)
- Taulupe Faletau (46%)
- Josh Navidi (11%)
- Sam Simmonds (16%)
- Hamish Watson (42%)
SCRUM-HALVES:
- Conor Murray (31%)
- Ali Price (22%)
- Gareth Davies (16%)
HALFBACKS:
- Owen Farrell (45%)
- Finn Russell (69%)
- Jonathan Sexton (10%)
CENTRES:
- Manu Tuilagi (26%)
- Jonathan Davies (35%)
- Garry Ringrose (33%)
- Henry Slade (22%)
- Robbie Henshaw (38%),
BACK-THREE:
- Jonny May (37%)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (56%)
- Duhan van der Merwe (30%)
- Stuart Hogg (81%)
- Liam Williams (24%)
- Anthony Watson (40%)
The Starting XV (and the bench)
- Mako Vunipola (29%)
- Jamie George (39%)
- Tadgh Furlong (47%)
- Maro Itoje (77%)
- Alun Wyn Jones (c) (50%)
- Tom Curry (50%)
- Hamish Watson (42%)
- Taulupe Faletau (46%)
- Conor Murray (31%)
- Finn Russell (69%)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (56%)
- Robbie Henshaw (38%)
- Jonathan Davies (35%)
- Anthony Watson (40%)
- Stuart Hogg (81%)
- Ken Owens (34%)
- Kyle Sinckler (39%)
- Cian Healy (16%)
- James Ryan (30%)
- CJ Stander (43%)
- Ali Price (22%)
- Owen Farrell (45%)
- Jonny May (37%)