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Published 13:50 6 May 2021 BST
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"There were a few big omissions, as there always are... there are a lot of guys going on their first tour, like Louis Rees-Zammit, and it will be special for them."For all the speculation, talk of bolters, jingoistic campaigns and nailed-on Lions, Warren Gatland and his coaches threw out plenty of curveballs. The inclusions of Jonny Hill, Bundee Aki, Ali Price and Jack Conan were not predicted by many. However, let us focus on the biggest cuts from that 37-man squad:
Excellent in 2013 and Player of the Series in 2017, was asked to switch to inside centre for the Six Nations and delivered. Will be asking himself how the hell he did not make the cut.
Sam Simmonds and Jack Conan going ahead of Billy Vunipola. Who would have called that, six months ago? We were all expecting a big Saracens name to miss out, and it was the No.8 who, in fairness, dipped in the recent Six Nations.
For the second tour in a row, Ringrose is desperately unlucky to miss out. Ireland's best player of 2020, he was injured during the Six Nations and obviously did not do enough to convince the coaches he was back to full fitness, and form.
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