British and Irish Lions Tour 2013

[Jim_Murphy_74]

But who'd bother shouting for LCTW?

All of Westmeath for a start.........

/Jim.

[Hardy]

I was waiting for "the rest of the country" OK.

[deiseach]

It's reckoned to be worth 50k a man.
So that's what it cost Alan Quinlan when he went rooting for Leo Cullen's eye before the last tour.

I blame the fans.

[theticklemister]

If ye have nothing to do from end of may to start of july and have a spare 14000 pound then why not get yer ass to hong kong and australia and take in the ten games. Some price!!

[Syferus]

If ye have nothing to do from end of may to start of july and have a spare 14000 pound then why not get yer ass to hong kong and australia and take in the ten games. Some price!!

Meath lads fit the bill.

[Count 10]

Would expect the following Irish players named on squad, Healy, Best, Ross, O'Connell, O'Brien, Heaslip, Sexton, O'Driscoll, Bowe and Kearney and the ones in bold to make the test team. 

[Syferus]

I totally zoned out on Healy before. Very few props can do what he does. It's amazing that after years of our scrum being a liability that we now have two front-rowers within touching distance of the Lions test team.

[trileacman]

Would expect the following Irish players named on squad, Healy, Best, Ross, O'Connell, O'Brien, Heaslip, Sexton, O'Driscoll, Bowe and Kearney and the ones in bold to make the test team.

Ross will make it into the Chicago youth choir before he gets on the Lions panel. 7 Irish in the first 15 would make us the biggest team contributors against 3 sides who ranked above us in the 6 nations.

[Shamrock Shore]

9 Irish going.

No Zebo and Sam Warbuton is the captain.

[Rossie11]

No Rory Best

[Declan]

Lions squad for the tour to Australia:

Backs: Leigh Halfpenny (Wales), Stuart Hogg (Scotland), Rob Kearney (Ireland), Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Alex Cuthbert (Wales), Sean Maitland (Scotland), George North (Wales), Jonathan Davies (Wales), Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland), Jamie Roberts (Wales), Manu Tuilagi (England), Owen Farrell (England), Jonathan Sexton (Ireland), Conor Murray (Ireland), Mike Phillips (Wales), Ben Youngs (England).

Forwards: Dan Cole (England), Cian Healy (Ireland), Gethin Jenkins (Wales), Adam Jones (Wales), Matt Stevens (England), Mako Vunipola (England), Dylan Hartley (England), Richard Hibbard (Wales), Tom Youngs (England), Ian Evans (Wales), Richie Gray (Scotland), Alun-Wyn Jones (Wales), Paul O'Connell (Ireland), Geoff Parling (England), Tom Croft (England), Toby Faletau (Wales), Jamie Heaslip (Ireland), Dan Lydiate (Wales), Sean O'Brien (Ireland), Justin Tipuric (Wales), Sam Warburton (Wales, captain)

[NAG1]

No Rory Best

Saying as the ability to throw the ball in at the line out is a key component of this position and RB cant do that consistently then he was always going to struggle.

[Bord na Mona man]

Best will be flying out a couple of weeks afterwards when one of the hookers get injured.

[muppet]

O'Driscoll's 4th Tour call up.

Some record.

Warburton will do well just to justify selection, but he has to start now. Bad decision by Gatland there but it is hard to argue with the rest from an Irish pov.  Zebo had more competition in his position than Murray so that is why the latter went.

[Crete Boom]

Best will be flying out a couple of weeks afterwards when one of the hookers get injured.

Exactly there is always four or five players who don't even make it on to the plane with at least another three who don't make it to the test matches so Best is in with a good shout of going yet. Taking two out halves is a bit of a risk and I'd say someone like Wilkinson , Hook or Dan Biggar will be in the squad before they head down under.