Alanyst on How Many Scottish Players Will Make the British & Irish Lions Tour? British and Irish Lions team selector: Which players impressed in Six Nations Round Four? The Scottish Rugby Union have reacted with unbridled joy at the number of its players named in the British and Irish Lions squad for South Africa. This has been the makeup of the lions squads for the last… ” May 5, 11:05 : “ But it is representative…50% England 25%Wales and Ireland. ADVERTISEMENT Head coach Warren Gatland has infamously avoided Scots in his selections to date, but with eight making the plane in 2021, it’s something of a red-letter day for the union. Their defence has been excellent. He'll see Scottish players have an ability to play without the ball. Tony O’Reilly is in the centre row, four in from the left. Scottish players for the Lions Discussion So with the Six Nations 2021 over and out, I think that these are the Scots who have a great shot at touring, as well as the players they’d be … Five of the players are backs with just two of them part of the forwards selected for the tour, which begins on July 26 and runs until August 3. Lions hopefuls (from left): Wales’s Dan Biggar, Ireland’s Tadhg Beirne and Hamish Watson of Scotland. Eight Scotland players have been named in the British and Irish Lions Squad to tour South Africa this summer. The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (sometimes known as the Home Nations).The Lions are a Test side and most often select players who have already played for their national team, but they can pick uncapped players who are eligible to any one of the four unions. The British Lions rugby team before their summer tour of Australia and New Zealand, May 1959. Scotland has not had more than three players named in an initial Lions tour squad since Gregor Townsend, Doddie Weir, Tom Smith, Alan Tait and Rob Wainwright went to … Ian McGeechan has named eight Scottish players in his British and Irish Lions team of the week following their shock win against England. Finn Russell is one of a clutch of Scotland players named in the Lions squad.
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