My selections for the BL team this coming summer. More exciting now as the Aussies turned up in the Autumn internationals with a big pack and exciting backs, along with the formidable Coach in Joe Schmidt. French included names is interesting but the French Pro 14 finals are late June.
Pack: Porter, Sheehan, Furlong, Itoje, McCarthy, Beirne, Willis, Doris (Captain).
Backs: G Park, Russell, Lowe, Tuipulotu, Jones, Feyi-O, Kinghorn.
Bench: (5/3) Cowan-Dickie, Fagerson, Shoeman, Earl, Van DeFlier, Mitchell, Ringrose, Smith
Picking the squad will be fascinating.
Of Course the 6 Nations will be most revealing. Can the Irish get a Hatrick or is it France to win the 6N?
B&I Lions XXIII first picks