For all those reading and adding their biased national­ perspective on who should go, the things to remember­ are that -
The Irish players of note should be first­ in the squad - they one the 6 nations and looked the­ most composed under pressure.
The Welsh are second and­ their players of note should also be put straight on­ the plane
The English only won games against off form­ or disorganised teams in the 6 nations and were very­ poor under pressure from better teams. Any Englishmen­ selected will have to prove that they can take serious­ pressure from an aggressive South African team. In my­ humble opinion there aren't even a handful.
The­ Scots will have to prove even more to the selectors. (I­ am a Scot so no abuse please) There may only be room­ for a couple of Scots on the plane because despite the­ promise and latent talent nothing has been proven in­ the last 4 seasons.

This will be a very tough tour and­ there is no room for national politics. So McGeechan­ has a duty to pick only those players that can play­ under BOD, who is the rightful captain of the tour and­ those players who can live with the relentless pressure­ that the Boks will put the teams under during the week­ and in the tests. So that is why both England and­ Scotland should not expect to have much presence in the­ squad. They just aren't good enough.

stringer and o gara are pure class and should be on the­ plane

Orange2tuf - get the sack of spuds off your shoulder,­ your racist rants just serve to mark you out as the­ narrow minded halfwit you obviously are. Talk rugby or­ bugger off please.
It makes me very sad to say there­ will be precious few englishmen on that plane but if­ there is any justice Worsley, Armitage and Flood will­ be.
Come on you Lions!

run along orange2tuf who do u surpose would be better­ floods a much better runner and tackler than ogara lets­ be frank if it wernt for his tacticle kicking he­ wouldnt be in the irish squad and stephen jones as­ honest a player as he is and u cant doubt his hard work­ doesnt offer much game breaking specialties thats why­ warren gatlan keeps trying to bring hook in

Take 3 stand-offs--- O'Gara, Jones and the outsider­ who will end up being the Lions 1st choice...???? he­ plays for the Ospreys.

Toby flood are you insane..the guy is another english­ @#$%-pot

i totally agree with you all wilko doesnt have any­ right to be on that plane if he doesnt play but he is­ the one fly half i would think could play southafrica­ out of the game form is temporary but class is­ perminent and i dont think that o garas predictable­ kicking game or stephen jones thinking hes a 16 stone­ crash ball centre game is gonna get the lions a tour­ victory we need a quick thinking flyhalf who can deal­ with the rush deffence and after the game with france i­ would go with toby flood

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ronan o garas irish! what more do you want.

I thought the Lions were made up of British and Irish­ players

And Nick Easter. No way. Too many good Irish and Welsh­ back row ahead of him. If I had ro have an English back­ row in the squad it would be Worsley, vast experience­ and a really impressive impact in the 6 Nations.

Why is there constant talk about Sam Vesty. If he­ wasn't good enough for England then why would he be­ picked for the Lions. Also whoever writes these­ reports, please stop suggesting Wilko, great player, in­ fact one of the greatest, but that was six years ago.­ It's a shame he's been injured for so long but­ he has and thats that.

oh, and if wilkinson were picked I would genuinely fear­ for his safety on the hard velte grounds with the­ sundry monster back rows trying to drive his career six­ feet under in the tackle

"any other brits" eh? the welsh and scots are­ also "brits" ... freakin ignoramus ...

have to agree. beyond croft, flutey and maybe armitage­ i don't see any other brits worthy of a place.­ 'Glass jaw' Sheridan went down a notch in my­ book due to his glass jawdness and unsporting behaviour­ at the weekend. Nick Easter is another who hasn't a­ chance of going. Heaslip, Jones, Leamy even Powell is­ ahead of him.

Is this piece english loaded?You must be having a laugh­ at some of the comments made above, everybody knows­ that there will be 30 players from Ireland and Wales.­ The english and Scots will make up the back up squad­ probably bringing on the water lol.

wilkinson you are having a laugh...

Jonny Wilkinson should never go.he`s hasnt had enough­ game time.