Warren Gatland will reveal his British and Irish Lions squad for the daunting tour of New Zealand at 11pm tonight (NZT), when talk will quickly switch from who will be on the plane to who is likely to be in the test team. Media speculation over the weekend has already suggested that Joe Launchbury, George Ford and Jamie Joseph can start preparing for England's tour of Argentina instead. Gatland also looks spoiled for choice at lock and in the loose forwards, where some high-class operators will have to miss out. The Lions kick off with the only easy-looking fixture of the 10-match tour, against Provincial Barbarians on June 3. "To win the series would be the greatest Lions triumph of all.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 18, 2017 20:37 UTC