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Published 12:24 10 Aug 2021 BST
Updated 12:32 10 Aug 2021 BST
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Louis Rees-Zammit makes the 2025 Lions team selected by Will Greenwood. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)[/caption]
Writing in The Telegraph, Greenwood has selected a Starting XV that contains four Irish players, four Welshmen, four English stars and three Scots. His preferred head coach is Gregor Townsend, who was assistant to Warren Gatland in South Africa, and assistants for 2025 are Steve Borthwick and Ronan O'Gara.
Greenwood, who toured with the Lions to Australia in 2001, has Marcus Smith and Tomos Williams as his starting half-backs. Along with Smith, there are three other English starters - Ellis Genge, the pacy Adam Radwan and 2021 Vodafone Player of the Series, Maro Itoje.
The Irish starters include four uncapped Lions, although Rónan Kelleher was part of the 2021 squad after being called up for the Jersey training camp and as front row cover, later in the tour. It is great to see Garry Ringrose feature, but the only way the Leinster star seems to have a hope with the Lions is if Warren Gatland steps away from the set-up.
The Scottish contingent is made up of Jamie Ritchie, Cameron Redpath and Zander Fagerson, who toured this summer but did not feature in the Test Series.
15. Hugo Keenan (Ireland) 14. Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales) 13. Gary Ringrose (Ireland) 12. Cameron Redpath (Scotland) 11. Adam Radwan (England) 10. Marcus Smith (England) 9. Tomos Williams (Wales) 1. Ellis Genge (England) 2. Ronan Kelleher (Ireland) 3. Zander Fagerson (Scotland) 4. Maro Itoje (England) 5. Adam Beard (Wales) 6. Jamie Ritchie (Scotland) 7. Tom Curry (England) 8. Caelan Doris (Ireland) REPLACEMENTS: Ewan Ashman (Scotland), Bevan Rodd (England), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Ryan Baird (Ireland), James Botham (Wales), Raffi Quirke (England/Ireland), Adam Hastings (Scotland), Ioan Lloyd (Wales).Raffi Quirke, an exciting scrumhalf prospect at Sale Sharks, has played underage for England sides but is also eligible to play for Ireland.
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