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British and Irish Lions: squad Announcement and Tournament information

The British and Irish Lions squad has officially been announced for the nine-game tour that begins for the side on June 26th, culminating on August 7th.

They begin with a game against Japan at Murrayfield, before they then travel to South Africa, where they will face six different sides across seven different stadiums – the DHL Stormers, the South African Invitational XV, Cell C Sharks, South Africa A, Vodacom Bulls, their last three games coming against the South African rugby team.

As expected, Wales veteran Alun Wyn Jones, who made his debut for the Lions in 2009, has been named as captain of the side, who will be coached by Warren Gatland for the third series in a row – Gatland was also in charge of the Welsh national side from 2007 until 2019.

The squad will be hoping to go one step further than they did in 2017 – when they tied the series with New Zealand after drawing in their final match together – and go all the way for the first time since 2013.

With so many promising players picked from each of the four home nations, it is set up to be an entertaining tournament for everybody involved with the squad.

Selected players in full:

Alun Wyn Jones (captain)

Backs

Josh Adams: Winger, Wales

Bundee Aki: Centre, Ireland

Dan Biggar: Outside half, Wales

Elliot Daly: Fullback, England

Gareth Davies: Scrum-half, Wales

Owen Farrell: Fly-half, England

Chris Harris: Centre, Scotland

Robbie Henshaw: Centre, Ireland

Stuart Hogg: Fullback, Scotland

Conor Murray: Scrum-half, Ireland

Ali Price: Scrum-half, Scotland

Louis Rees-Zammit: Winger, Wales

Finn Russell: Fly-half, Scotland

Duhan van der Merwe: Winger, Scotland

Anthony Watson: Winger, England

Liam Williams: Fullback, Wales

Forwards

Tadhg Beirne: Lock, Ireland

Jack Conan: Number 8, Ireland

Luke Cowan-Dickie: Prop, England

Tom Curry: Flanker, England

Zander Fagerson: Prop, Scotland

Taulupe Faletau: Number 8, Wales

Tadhg Furlong: Prop, Ireland

Jamie George: Hooker, England

Iain Henderson: Lock, Ireland

Jonny Hill: Lock, England

Maro Itoje: Lock, England

Alun Wyn Jones (c): Lock, Wales

Wyn Jones: Prop, Wales

Courtney Lawes: Lock, England

Ken Owens: Hooker, Wales

Andrew Porter: Prop, Ireland

Sam Simmonds: Back row, England

Rory Sutherland: Prop, Scotland

Justin Tipuric: Flanker, Wales

Mako Vunipola: Prop, England

Hamish Watson: Flanker, Scotland

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