What if we had a British and Irish Lions tour now?? Whats your best XV

[eot345]

i was thinking who would compose a British and Irish Lions if it were picked now?

1.Gethin Jenkins
2.Dylan Hartley
3.Adam Jones/Dan Cole
4. Courtney Lawes
5.Alun Wyn Jones
6.Tom Croft
7.Jonnie Beatie
8.Jamie Heaslip
9.Ben Youngs
10.Toby Flood
11.Tommy Bowe
12.James Hook
13.Brian O’driscoll
14.Chris Ashton
15.Ben Foden

I was struggling to think who our best centres are

 

[TRF_Olyy]

IV? I presume you mean XV

To be fair, that'd pretty much be mine as well, though Bradley Davies and Leo Cullen as the locks.

Bench would be
16. Matthew Rees
17. Adam Jones
18. Courtney Lawes/one of the Scottish guys (Kellock?)
19. (??? David Wallace? Martyn Williams?)
20. Mike Philips
21. Johnny Sexton (though Jamie Roberts, with Hook as fly-half cover would work)
22. Lee Byrne

 

[Peat]

Current, taking into account form and injury

1. Andrew Sheridan
2. Matthew Rees
3. Dan Cole
4. Bradley Davies
5. Courtney Lawes
6. Stephen Ferris
7. John Barclay
8. Nick Easter

9. Ben Youngs
10. Toby Flood
11. Shane Williams
12. Anthony Allen
13. James Hook
14. Chris Ashton
15. Ben Foden

16. Dylan Hartley 17. Tom Court 18. Tom Palmer 19. Tom Croft 20. T... Bugger, run out of Toms... Peter Stringer. srsly. 21. Ronan O'Gara 22. Luke Fitzgerald

Yes, I do rate most of the international centres on display atm so poorly I wouldn't pick any of them.

If everyone was injury free and in ideal form

1. Gethin Jenkins
2. Dylan Hartley
3. Dan Cole
4. Bradley Davies
5. Paul O'Connell
6. Stephen Ferris
7. John Barclay
8. Jamie Heaslip/John Beattie (I can't call it)

9. Ben Youngs
10. Stephen Jones
11. Chris Ashton
12. Jamie Roberts
13. BOD
14. Tommy Bowe
15. Ben Foden

16. Matthew Rees 17. Tom Court 18. Courtney Lawes 19. Tom Croft 20. Mike Philipps 21. Jonny Wilkinson 22. Keith Earls

Court gets in for covering both sides. If we have two props on the bench, Adam Jones comes in as the th prop, Court stays in the form team and loses out to Sheridan in the ideal team.

 

[gingergenius]

I'd have Rees as hooker, and it's Barclay (not Beattie) you want at 7. And POC's injured so yeah for Jones in the 2nd row.

bench:

16. Thompson
17. Adam Jones
18. Palmer
19. Ferris
20. Blair
21. Jones
22. Fitzgerald

 

[iWin]

I would have:

1. Jenkins
2. Rees
3. Cole
4. Davies
5. Lawes
6. Ferris
7. Barclay
8. Beattie

9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Bowe
12. Hape (on current form, but Roberts on general ability)
13. O'Driscoll
14. Ashton
15. Foden

16. Hartley 17. Jones/ Sheridan/ Murray. Take your pick. 18. Kellock 19. Croft 20. Rees 21. Priestland/ Sexton 22. Cueto

I like Priestland. That is all.

 

[mohamed_ali12]

1. Jenkins
2. Rees
3. Cole
4. O'Connell
5. Lawes
6. Ferris
7. Barclay
8. Heaslip
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Ashton
12. Hook
13. O'Driscoll
14. Bowe
15. Foden

16. Hartley
17. Wilson
18. O'Callaghan
19. Croft
20. Phillips
21. Jones
22. Williams

 

[TRF_Cymro]

I corrected the first post as it hurt my eyes to read!

 

[cyRil]

Why are people putting a name that isn't Adam Jones at 3?

 

[Duckdee]

Why are people putting a name that isn't Adam Jones at 3?

Because that isn't how you spell Dan Cole.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Because that isn't how you spell Dan Cole.

Bazinga

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Why are people putting a name that isn't Adam Jones at 3?

Apparently its because its a maximum of one or at a push two Welsh players in the front row :lol:

 

[dullonien]

I have more of a problem with why people are putting a name that isn't Matthew Rees at 2!

 

[Peat]

I have more of a problem with why people are putting a name that isn't Matthew Rees at 2!

Matthew Rees fouls up pressure throws a bit too often for my liking and there's plenty of good hookers in these Isles.

 

[cyRil]

Matthew Rees fouls up pressure throws a bit too often for my liking and there's plenty of good hookers in these Isles.

...Are there?

 

[eot345]

...are there?

dylan hartley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Feicarsinn]

dylan hartley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah. That'll work...

 

[eot345]

what about this ??

 

[eot345]

 

[cyRil]

"Who feels guilty for scoring against their own country?"

 

[Feicarsinn]

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