The Lions in Oz

[Cooperman]

Squad named today and hardly surprising to see a very small Welsh contingent. I had hoped to see three, maybe four at a push. The fact that it’s only Jac Morgan and Tomos Williams speaks volumes.

Key dates:
20th June: warm up game versus Argentina
28th June: first tour game
19th July: first Test
26th July: second Test
2nd August: third Test

 

[Neath_Jack]

Didn’t expect anyone other than Jac, hopefully he plays in all the tests.

 

[Cooperman]

Didn’t expect anyone other than Jac, hopefully he plays in all the tests.

I thought that Nicky Smith might have had a look in.

 

[Darran]

Squad named today and hardly surprising to see a very small Welsh contingent. I had hoped to see three, maybe four at a push. The fact that it’s only Jac Morgan and Tomos Williams speaks volumes.

Key dates:
20th June: warm up game versus Argentina
28th June: first tour game
19th July: first Test
26th July: second Test
2nd August: third Test

 

[Ringwood]

Only 2 players from us selected for the tour. Shows what a shower of sh!te the WRU are. Hatrick of wooden spoons looks unavoidable at the moment.

 

[Cooperman]

Only 2 players from us selected for the tour. Shows what a shower of sh!te the WRU are. Hatrick of wooden spoons looks unavoidable at the moment.

Only one from the regions.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Squad named today and hardly surprising to see a very small Welsh contingent. I had hoped to see three, maybe four at a push. The fact that it’s only Jac Morgan and Tomos Williams speaks volumes.

Key dates:
20th June: warm up game versus Argentina
28th June: first tour game
19th July: first Test
26th July: second Test
2nd August: third Test

Wales' lowest post war total for a Lions tour.

Forwards:

Tadhg Beirne (Munster, Ireland)

Ollie Chessum (Leicester, England)

Jack Conan (Leinster, Ireland)

Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale, England)

Scott Cummings (Glasgow, Scotland)

Tom Curry (Sale, England)

Ben Earl (Saracens, England)

Zander Fagerson (Glasgow, Scotland)

Tadgh Furlong (Leinster, Ireland)

Ellis Genge (Bristol, England)

Maro Itoje (Saracens, England) – captain

Ronan Kelleher (Leinster, Ireland)

Joe McCarthy (Leinster, Ireland)

Jac Morgan (Ospreys, Wales)

Henry Pollock (Northampton, England)

Andrew Porter (Leinster, Ireland)

James Ryan (Leinster, Ireland)

Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Dan Sheehan (Leinster, Ireland)

Will Stuart (Bath, England)

Josh van der Flier (Leinster, Ireland)

Backs:

Bundee Aki (Connacht, Ireland)

Elliot Daly (Saracens, England)

Tommy Freeman (Northampton, England)

Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster, Ireland)

Mack Hansen (Connacht, Ireland)

Huw Jones (Glasgow, Scotland)

Hugo Keenan (Leinster, Ireland)

Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse, Scotland)

James Lowe (Leinster, Ireland)

Alex Mitchell (Northampton, England)

Garry Ringrose (Leinster, Ireland)

Finn Russell (Bath, Scotland)

Fin Smith (Northampton, England)

Marcus Smith (Harlequins, England)

Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow, Scotland)

Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Tomos Williams (Gloucester, Wales)

 

[waynekerr55]

I thought Blair Murray would've been a good option

 

[Cooperman]

I thought Blair Murray would've been a good option

He was my fourth pick, albeit a long shot.

 

[Pentyrchjack]

Without doubt a strong Lions squad but the lack of Welsh players takes the edge off it for me. Can't see me roaring on a bunch of English & Irish.

What a difference to the 2 South Arfica and one Aussie tours I had the privilege to go to.

 

[Cooperman]

Starting XV named for the Argentina warm up. Jac Morgan starts.

It all kicks off at 8pm on Friday.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Only 2 players from us selected for the tour. Shows what a shower of sh!te the WRU are. Hatrick of wooden spoons looks unavoidable at the moment.

We need to find a coach first.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Without doubt a strong Lions squad but the lack of Welsh players takes the edge off it for me. Can't see me roaring on a bunch of English & Irish.

What a difference to the 2 South Arfica and one Aussie tours I had the privilege to go to.

Yep, I haven't got much of an appetite to watch it either I'm normally champing at the bit waiting for it all to start.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Without doubt a strong Lions squad but the lack of Welsh players takes the edge off it for me. Can't see me roaring on a bunch of English & Irish.

What a difference to the 2 South Arfica and one Aussie tours I had the privilege to go to.

I'm thinking of planning a trip to go to NZ, not gonna go if there aren't 4/5 or more Welsh players likely to be involved.
I don't agree with the picking of players who are here because of residency rules, should be British born players for me.

 

[Cooperman]

I'm thinking of planning a trip to go to NZ, not gonna go if there aren't 4/5 or more Welsh players likely to be involved.
I don't agree with the picking of players who are here because of residency rules, should be British born players for me.

That’s a proper trip, Max. I’ll have that on my own bucket list. Following an England cricket tour there is also on the list.