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Published 12:49 6 May 2021 BST
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"The challenge of playing away from home and against the world champions, as it was in 2009, and bringing four nations together is huge... in all my times in coaching this was the hardest and most challenging squad to pick. For me, it was all about balance." "I think we had a meeting yesterday, and it was about four hours, going through all the options... we even added an extra name so we now have 37."[caption id="attachment_227689" align="aligncenter" width="2048"]
Maro Itoje, Jonathan Davies and Alun Wyn Jones are all part of the Lions squad again. (Credit: Sportsfile)[/caption]
The headline news is the inclusion of Bundee Aki, Andrew Porter and Jack Conan of Ireland, but Johnny Sexton, James Ryan and Garry Ringrose all miss out.
Also missing out are Tomos Williams, Jonathan Davies, Henry Slade and Manu Tuilagi. The final squad breakdown is England with 11 inclusion, 10 for Wales and eight apiece for Ireland and Scotland.
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He was not at all pleased…. As expected, a strong Munster outfit put a big score against a seriously depleted Ulster team, beating them 41-14 at Thomond Park on Saturday. The result puts Munster up to fifth in the URC, after a hugely tumultuous few weeks, while Ulster are down to eighth, and just three […]
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