Lions team with no more than 4 from each nation.

Best available XV with these limitations?

15. Brown
14. Bowe
13. BOD
12. Tuilagi
11. Visser
10. Sexton
9. Mike Phillips

8. Beattie
7. Robshaw
6. Justin Tipuric
5. Ian Evans
4. Parling
3. Adam Jones
2. Ford
1. Healy

15. Stuart Hogg
14. Leigh Halfpenny
13. Manu Tuilagi
12. Matt Scott
11. George North
10. Jonathan Sexton
9. Mike Phillips

1. Cian Healy
2. Rory Best
3. Dan Cole
4. Jim Hamilton
5. Ian Evans
6. Tom Wood
7. Chris Robshaw
8. Johnnie Beattie

It's a really tough call doing it like that, as Adam Jones would always be in my team, but he is in a position where there is a viable alternative, so misses out as there were at least 4 other Welshmen I thought should be in.

Your team looks a tad stronger.

It's not easy, would be an interesting rule.

1. Corbisiero
2. Best
3. Jones
4. Gray
5. Ryan
6. SOB
7. Robshaw
8. Faletau

9. Youngs
10. Sexton
11. North
12. JD
13. Tuilagi
14. Maitland
15. Hogg

Think i've got correct numbers in there

1. Jenkins
2. Best
3. Cole
4. Gray
5. A.W.Jones
6. Robshaw
7. Tipuric
8. Heaslip

9. Youngs
10. Sexton
11. Visser
12. Tuilagi
13. B.O'D
14. Cuthbert
15. Hogg

Lions Sevens?

Halfpenny, North, Cuthbert, Philipps, Fofana, Parisse, Picamoles

I would love to see a mainland European lions!

France
Italy
Georgia
Romania

Maybe swap Robshaw and Tipuric around from the positions you have them in. For all his attributes I don't see how there could be anything Robshaw does at 7 that he couldn't do just as well at 6.

100%beefy wrote:Lions Sevens?

Halfpenny, North, Cuthbert, Philipps, Fofana, Parisse, Picamoles

Would that put Phillips in the three-man scrum?

Well, that would silence his critics.

Fofana, Parisse and Picamoles all eligible for the Lions? Wonderful, then we have nothing to fear

1. Sheridan, 2. Best, 3. Jones, 4. Hamilton, 5. Hines, 6. Robshaw, 7. Tipuric, 8. Morgan; 9. Phillips, 10. Sexton, 11. North, 12. Roberts, 13. O'Driscoll, 14. Visser, 15. Hogg

That's not far off what I'd want anyway. I'm all for the Lions taking a monster front 5 to bully the Aussies and I'd love to see that front 5 play!

1. Cian Healy
2. Richard Hibbard
3. Dan Cole
4. Richie Gray
5. Jim Hamilton
6. Sean O'Brien
7. Chris Robshaw
8. Ben Morgan
9. Connor Murray
10. Johnny Sexton
11. George North
12. Jamie Roberts
13. Manu Tuilagi
14. Leigh Halfpenny
15. Stuart Hogg

1 Healy
2 Hibbard
3 Cole
4 Parling
5 Gray
6 Brown
7 Warburton
8 SOB
9 Youngs
10 Sexton
11 North
12 Tuilagi
13 BOD
14 Halfpenny
15 Hogg

HongKongCherry wrote:1. Sheridan, 2. Best, 3. Jones, 4. Hamilton, 5. Hines, 6. Robshaw, 7. Tipuric, 8. Morgan; 9. Phillips, 10. Sexton, 11. North, 12. Roberts, 13. O'Driscoll, 14. Visser, 15. Hogg

That's not far off what I'd want anyway. I'm all for the Lions taking a monster front 5 to bully the Aussies and I'd love to see that front 5 play!

15 Hogg
14 cuthbert
13 tuilagi
12 bod
11 zebo
10 sexton
9 youngs
1grant
2 hibbard
3 Cole
4 Evans
5 parling
6 brown
7 tipuric
8 o'brien

Or
15 halfpenny
14 bowe
13 jd2
12 Scott
11 north
10 farrell
9 Murray
1 healey
2 ford
3 Murray
4 launchbury
5 o'connell
6 warBurton
7 robshaw
8 Morgan

100%beefy wrote:

HongKongCherry wrote:1. Sheridan, 2. Best, 3. Jones, 4. Hamilton, 5. Hines, 6. Robshaw, 7. Tipuric, 8. Morgan; 9. Phillips, 10. Sexton, 11. North, 12. Roberts, 13. O'Driscoll, 14. Visser, 15. Hogg

That's not far off what I'd want anyway. I'm all for the Lions taking a monster front 5 to bully the Aussies and I'd love to see that front 5 play!

I thought someone may jump to the wrong conclusion with my team. I am of course refering to Tristan Roberts of Bristol...

1. Cian Healy
2. Rory Best
3. Dan Cole
4. Nathan Hines
5. Ian Evans
6. Chris Robshaw
7. Justin Tipuric
8. Sean O'Brien

9. Ben Youngs
10. Johnny Sexton
11. Sean Maitland
12. Jamie Roberts
13. Manu Tuilagi
14. Leigh Halfpenny
15. Stuart Hogg

Quite pleased with that.

Awesome tight five, killer loose forwards and a backline with gas, solid defensive and footballing skills.

As an aside, I've always felt it should be a Lions rule that the test XXIII should have at least one from each of the four nations in it. Shouldn't be THAT hard.

George - having at least 1 player from each nation for the Tests would be a nice gesture but if that player was keeping out a better player it would be a heavy burden to carry and hence inappropraite for me. What I would like to see are no Barritts, Bothas and Fluteys playing for the Lions - I would also want to see a B&I coaching team - Gatland and foreign players make it a mockery from a B&I perspective for me

Ruby, I think especially in terms of an all B&I coaching staff, that's where the NH talent pool tends to run a bit dry.

1. Cian Healy
2. Rory Best
3. Dan Cole
4. Geoff Parling
5. Ian Evans
6. Justin Tipuric
7. Chris Robshaw
8. Johnnie Beattie

9. Ben Youngs
10. Johnny Sexton
11. Sean Maitland
12. Matt Scott
13. Brian O'Driscoll
14. Alex Cuthbert
15. Leigh Halfpenny