SECOND-ROW:
4. Maro Itoje (England), 5. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)
GOODE SAID: “Alun Wyn Jones, give him the armband, second row, captain of the winning Six Nations team in Wales, performed beyond expectations of most people. He has got it in his locker, he knows what the Lions is, knows how to win in a Lions jersey.”
DID YOU KNOW? Jones studied part-time for a degree in law at Swansea University, graduating in 2010
BACK-ROW:
6. Tadhg Beirne (Ireland), 7. Hamish Watson (Scotland), 8. Taulupe Faletau (Wales)
GOODE SAID: ” I had Sam Simmonds written next to Faletau but then I can’t pick him to start a Lions Test match because he hasn’t played in the Six Nations.”
DID YOU KNOW? Watson was in the Leicester Tigers academy before joining Edinburgh