> Who's going to Australia? (Lions)?

Who's going to Australia? (Lions)?

Posted at: 2014-07-08 
After the 6 Nations, I thought the Lions would be maybe 90% Welsh. After this weekend's Heineken and Amblin games, there seems to be a strong case for the Irish and a few English and the odd Scot. Can you give me your preferred starting 15 V the Wallabies, please?After the 6 Nations, I thought the Lions would be maybe 90% Welsh. After this weekend's Heineken and Amblin games, there seems to be a strong case for the Irish and a few English and the odd Scot. Can you give me your preferred starting 15 V the Wallabies, please?

My starting 15 and reserves if everyone fit 1 Healy 2 Best 3 A Jones 4 Gray 5 O'Connell 6 O'Brien 7 Warburton (c) 8 Faletau 9 Phillips 10 Sexton 11 North 12 Roberts 13 Tuilagi 14 Bowe 15 Halfpenny 16 Hartley 17 Jenkins 18 WynJones 19 R Jones 20 Youngs 21 Farrell 22 O'Driscoll

With O'Connell and Bowe both back from injury, their class is enough to say they will defo be on the plane for Aus in two months. O'Connells odds of being captain are reportedly close to evens from what ive heard! He made Robshaw look very average in the captain department, alongside with how England imploded vs Wales, I certainly reckon that either BOD/POC will be captain with Ryan Jones being a midweek captain. I think English representation will have been hurt slightly with the Wales and Quins games, the implosion was quite something in both of them, a Lions test series would threaten similar pressure in the second and third tests and that can't be happening. It would be interesting if Gatland does a surprise pick, and goes for Wade of Wasps, he was on fire vs Leinster! They have the toughest defence in Europe as of recent and he sliced them open time after time. If Earls was allowed on the 2009 tour without a single Irish cap to his name, then maybe Wade at an outside shot will be brought along.