Another hotly anticipated squad announcement for the British and Irish Lions threw up familiar tales of woe for England captain Dylan Hartley and Scottish rugby on Wednesday. For the 2013 Lions tour of Australia, Hartley was withdrawn from the squad after being handed a long ban for verbally abusing a match official. Scotland hasn't had more than three players in a Lions squad in each of the last five tours. In the end, Wales " a country coached by Gatland " had 12 players in the Lions squad and Ireland had 11. That ruled him out for six weeks, and the Lions' tour opener is on June 3 against the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians in Whangarei.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 19, 2017 12:22 UTC