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<blockquote data-quote="Leinster Fan" data-source="post: 992872" data-attributes="member: 76349"><p>On a tour as short as this one, I'd expect him to favour players he's worked with before, either with Wales or on the last two Lions tours, and wouldn't blame him either. If he only has a few weeks to put together a scratch team to beat the world champions then it's understandable if he wants to minimize the amount of teething problems by largly sticking with known (to him) quantities. Makes it a bjt less fun for the fans and the players outside that group though. Can imagine him picking something like this</p><p></p><p>1. Vunipola/Marler</p><p>2. George</p><p>3. Furlong</p><p>4. Jones</p><p>5. Itoje</p><p>6. Underhill</p><p>7. Curry</p><p>8. Vunipola</p><p>9. Whichever welsh 9 is in best form</p><p>10. Farrell</p><p>11. May</p><p>12. Tualagi </p><p>13. Davies</p><p>14. Adams</p><p>15. Williams</p><p>16. Owens</p><p>17. Vunipola/Marler</p><p>18. Sinkler </p><p>19. Ryan</p><p>20. Navidi</p><p>21. Another Welsh 9</p><p>22. Biggar</p><p>23. Hogg</p><p></p><p>Not what I'd pick at all but I wouldn't be surprised to see something very similar to that line up for the first test.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leinster Fan, post: 992872, member: 76349"] On a tour as short as this one, I'd expect him to favour players he's worked with before, either with Wales or on the last two Lions tours, and wouldn't blame him either. If he only has a few weeks to put together a scratch team to beat the world champions then it's understandable if he wants to minimize the amount of teething problems by largly sticking with known (to him) quantities. Makes it a bjt less fun for the fans and the players outside that group though. Can imagine him picking something like this 1. Vunipola/Marler 2. George 3. Furlong 4. Jones 5. Itoje 6. Underhill 7. Curry 8. Vunipola 9. Whichever welsh 9 is in best form 10. Farrell 11. May 12. Tualagi 13. Davies 14. Adams 15. Williams 16. Owens 17. Vunipola/Marler 18. Sinkler 19. Ryan 20. Navidi 21. Another Welsh 9 22. Biggar 23. Hogg Not what I'd pick at all but I wouldn't be surprised to see something very similar to that line up for the first test. [/QUOTE]
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