Lions Squad

[keaton]

Backs: Lee Byrne, Rob Kearney, Shane Williams, Leigh Halfpenny, Ugo Monye, Luke Fitzgerald, Tommy Bowe, Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts, Brian O'Driscoll, Keith Earls, Riki Flutey, Ronan O'Gara, Stephen Jones, Mike Phillips, Harry Ellis, Tomas O'Leary.

Forwards: Jamie Heaslip, Andy Powell, David Wallace, Stephen Ferris, Alan Quinlan, Joe Worsley, Martyn Williams, Alun Wyn-Jones, Paul O'Connell (capt), Donncha O'Callaghan, Simon Shaw, Nathan Hines, Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Andrew Sheridan, Phil Vickery, Euan Murray, Jerry Flannery, Lee Mears, Matthew Rees.

I really don't understand how Andy Powell's in the squad above Ryan Jones, Powell is incredibly over-rated,was Wales' worst player in the 6 Nations, and can't get a game for Cardiff at the mo. Apart from that it's all alright though i'm not sure Earls, Roberts or Monye have done enough

 

[Simster]

On the plus side, of the 37 players there are only two Scots.

Scotland are as shit at rugby as they are at soccerball.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Sheridan has FLOPPED as a destroyer of scrums and has been regularly OWNED.

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

Can't believe they have left out Drogba, Ronaldo and John O'Shea.

 

[Icy Gull]

Expected O'Driscoll to get the captaincy, would have been good as his previous attempt was cut short by a cynical spear tackle by New Zealanders.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I think Ryan Jones and James Hook should have been picked. That said, it is a good squad but not a stand-out 15. Delon Armitage is unlucky, as is Tom Croft.

That said, with that squad my team would be:

1. Jenkins
2. Flannery
3. Murray
4. O'Connell
5 A-W Jones
6. Worsley
7. M Williams
8.Heaslip
9. Phillips
10. O'Gara
11.Bowe
12.Flutey
13.O'Driscoll
14. S Williams
15. Byrne.

 

[Simster]

Agree with you about Delon Armitage, but I have to say my first XV would definitely include Leigh Halfpenny. He's been absolute class all season.

 

[keaton]

Must admit i didn't realise Armitage wasn't in the squad i just assumed he would be


1. Jenkins
2. Flannery
3. Murray
4. O'Connell
5 A-W Jones
6. Worsley
7. M Williams
8.Heaslip
9. Phillips
10. Jones
11.Halfpenny
12.Flutey
13.O'Driscoll
14. S Williams
15. Byrne.

 

[wehatepalace]

I can't f***ing wait !!!!

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Completely biased, however from that:

1. Jenkins
2. Flannery
3. Sheridan
4. O'Connell
5. Wyn Jones/O'Callaghan (see how O'Connell and WJ work together first)
6. Williams
7. Wallace
8. Heaslip
9. Philips
10. O'Gara (not convinced by these 2 though, and no obvious 10's in the centres either)
11. Bowe
12. Roberts
13. O'Driscoll
14. Fitzgerald
15. Kearney