Man-of-the-moment Bryn Gatland will, fitness permitting, run on to Whangarei's Toll Stadium with the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians against the British and Irish Lions in early June. One, the Blues play the Lions at Eden Park on June 7, four days after the Barbarians match, so a bench role is probably the best Gatland, 21, could hope for. West, who has missed the past two matches, is likely to be available for the Lions match. Complicating things further for Gatland is the fact that the Blues play the Reds in Apia on June 2, a day before the Barbarians v Lions match. He won't play in the match at Apia Park and, if Francis and West are fit, it's hard to see Umaga going past them.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 18, 2017 03:56 UTC