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Published 18:08 14 Apr 2017 BST
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Jack McGrath (Ireland), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Maro Itoje (England), CJ Stander (Ireland), Billy Vunipola (England), Conor Murray (Ireland), Johnny Sexton (Ireland), Robbie Henshaw (Ireland), George North (Wales) and Stuart Hogg (Scotland).After that, things got complicated. Here's a sample of some of the comments:
Ronan O'Gara: "Owen Farrell has been one of the stand-out performers in Europe for the past 24 months... I view him as a 10 and, for me, if the Lions were to select Rhys Webb and Farrell [as half backs] they don't lose anything." Kevin McLaughlin: "Alun Wyn Jones is out for me. I have Itoje and Joe Lasunchbury starting... Wyn Jones is an absolute warrior and he gets through a lot of work. He has a serious engine on him and gets through an unbelievable amount of work. He is a serious whiner to the referee too - Alun Whine Jones." Fionn Carr: "Sean O'Brien is an animal and I think he'd be a great addition with Stander and Vunipola but I threw in Justin Tipuric because he can get some key turnovers for the Lions... If you have him or Sean O'Brien, one starting and one on the bench, you'll go far."We let each lad argue their case but eventually settled it when we got two from the three to agree on a player. So here it is, THE HARD YARDS' LIONS XV
Eight Irish players, three English, three Welsh and one Scot.
Before you go accusing the lads of bias, we'll just leave this here...
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