If you’re have a subscription to The Rugby Paper, you must surely know that today is the day that the British and Irish Lions 2013 squad gets announced...
Rugby fans have been eagerly listening out for the announcement from Warren Gatland as to which players made the cut and, of course, which have not. Now the wait is over!
Two names that are noticeably absent from this year’s team are Jonny Wilkinson and Chris Robshaw who are pretty high profile names that were expected to be included.
24-year-old Sam Warburton will be leading the team and incidentally becomes the youngest Welshman to take the Lions on tour.
The full squad is made up of:
Backs: Leigh Halfpenny (Wales), Stuart Hogg (Scotland), Rob Kearney (Ireland), Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Alex Cuthbert (Wales), Sean Maitland (Scotland), George North (Wales), Jonathan Davies (Wales), Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland), Jamie Roberts (Wales), Manu Tuilagi (England), Owen Farrell (England), Jonathan Sexton (Ireland), Conor Murray (Ireland), Mike Phillips (Wales) and Ben Youngs (England).
Forwards: Dan Cole (England), Cian Healy (Ireland), Gethin Jenkins (Wales), Adam Jones (Wales), Matt Stevens (England), Mako Vunipola (England), Dylan Hartley (England), Richard Hibbard (Wales), Tom Youngs (England), Ian Evans (Wales), Richie Gray (Scotland), Alun-Wyn Jones (Wales), Paul O'Connell (Ireland), Geoff Parling (England), Tom Croft (England), Toby Faletau (Wales), Jamie Heaslip (Ireland), Dan Lydiate (Wales), Sean O'Brien (Ireland), Justin Tipuric (Wales) and Sam Warburton (Wales, captain).
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Posted by Amy Power.
