Video / NZ HeraldWarren Gatland has named a British and Irish Lions squad with plenty of surprises for the tour of South Africa, with New Zealander Bundee Aki among the bolters in the side. Photo / PhotosportIn the great Alun Wyn Jones, Gatland went with world rugby's safest pair of hands as his captain for the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa. In a Lions squad that largely reflected this year's highly competitive Six Nations, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland all had eight to 11 representatives. Jones, tour captain for the first time and in his his fourth straight Lions squad, is one of 10 players from Six Nations champion Wales. 'Gatland's Lions squad is a slap in the face for Eddie Jones'England coach Eddie Jones.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 06, 2021 20:45 UTC