British and Irish Lions - The Countdown is on!

Thursday 7 June 2012

With the British and Irish Lions 2013 tour to Australia countdown now less than a year away, we thought at Talking Rugby Union we would publish our British and Irish Lions teams we would play.

Have a look at our teams and give us your thoughts, of course everyone will have different opinions, but that's why we love discussing rugby, right?

Garry Irwin - @girwin90

15 - Rob Kearney

14 - Tommy Bowe

13 - Brian O'Driscoll

12 - Jamie Roberts

11 - George North

10 - Jonathan Sexton

9 - Mike Phillips

8 - Jamie Heaslip

7 - Sam Warburton

6 - Stephen Ferris

5 - Paul O'Connell

4 - Richie Gray

3 - Adam Jones

2 - Rory Best

1 - Gethin Jenkins

Replacements

16 - Ross Ford

17 - Cian Healy

18 - Alun Wyn Jones

19 - Sean O'Brien

20 - Danny Care

21 - Rhys Priestland

22 - Leigh Halfpenny

Nik Hughes - @nikhughes23

15 - Rob Kearney

14 - Tommy Bowe

13 - Jonathan Davies

12 - Jamie Roberts

11 - George North

10 - Jonathan Sexton

9 - Danny Care

8 - Ben Morgan

7 - Sam Warburton

6 - Stephen Ferris

5 - Richie Gray

4 - Mouritz Botha

3 - Dan Cole

2 - Rory Best

1 - Gethin Jenkins

Replacements

16 - Dylan Hartley

17 - Alex Corbisiero

18 - Ian Evans

19 - Dan Lydiate

20 - Mike Phillips

21 - Owen Farrell

22 - Leigh Halfpenny

Danny Till - @dannyjt10

15 - Rob Kearney

14 - Chris Ashton

13 - Brian O'Driscoll

12 - Jamie Roberts

11 - George North

10 - Owen Farrell

9 - Mike Phillips

8 - Jamie Heaslip

7 - Sam Warburton

6 - Tom Croft

5 - Richie Gray

4 - Alun Wyn Jones

3 - Dan Cole

2 - Rory Best

1 - Gethin Jenkins

Replacements

16 - Dylan Hartley

17 - Adam Jones

18 - Geoff Parling

19 - Dan Lydiate

20 - Ben Youngs

21 - Jonny Sexton

22 - Leigh Halfpenny

Alex Shaw - @rugbyunionbant

1 - Alex Corbisiero

2 - Dylan Hartley

3 - Dan Cole

4 - Mouritz Botha

5 - Paul O'Connell

6 - Tom Croft

7 - Sam Warburton

8 - Jamie Heaslip

9 - Mike Phillips

10 - Jonathan Sexton

11 - George North

12 - Manu Tuilagi

13 - Brian O'Driscoll

14 - Chris Ashton

15 - Rob Kearney

Replacements

16 - Ross Ford

17 - Gethin Jenkins

18 - Courtney Lawes

19 - Sean O'Brien

20 - Ben Youngs

21 - Owen Farrell

22 - Jamie Roberts

Danny Murray - @danjomurray

1 - Cian Healy

2 - Rory Best

3 - Adam Jones

4 - Alun Wyn Jones

5 - Paul O'Connell

6 - Stephen Ferris

7 - Sam Warburton

8 - Toby Faletau

9 - Mike Phillips

10 - Jonathan Sexton

11 - George North

12 - Jamie Roberts

13 - Brian O'Driscoll

14 - Tommy Bowe

15 - Rob Kearney

Replacements

16 - Ross Ford

17 - Dan Cole

18 - Jamie Heaslip

19 - Sean O'Brien

20 - Greig Laidlaw

21 - Owen Farrell

22 - Ben Foden

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