Lions snub a brutal reality for Scottish rugbyREUTERS Scotland captain and halfback Greig Laidlaw put his hand up for Lions selection but an untimely injury always placed a question mark over his claims. It's hard to find the Scottish players supposedly hard-done-by in the Lions squad selection. Stu Forster/ Getty Images Scotland's Jonny Gray can count himself unlucky not to have made it into the Lions squad. But really, there are probably only a couple of Scottish players scratching their heads in dismay – captain and halfback Greig Laidlaw and rejuvenated lock Jonny Gray. In 2005, Sir Clive Woodward toured New Zealand with a 21 England players in a whopping 44-man squad.

Source: Stuff April 19, 2017 21:12 UTC