British and Irish Lions squad for the 2017 tour of New Zealand

[Tooting Carmen]

The provisional squad was announced today. I shall divide them by country of origin.

ENGLAND

Dan Cole


Jamie George


Maro Itoje (Nigerian descent)


George Kruis (Canadian father)


Courtney Lawes (not sure of exact ancestry)


Joe Marler


Kyle Sinckler (not sure of exact ancestry)


Billy and Mako Vunipola (Tongans born in New Zealand)


Elliot Daly


Owen Farrell


Jonathan Joseph (not sure of exact ancestry)


Jack Nowell


Ben Te'o (a mix of Kiwi, Samoan, English and goodness knows what else)


Anthony Watson (not sure of exact ancestry)


Ben Youngs

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WALES

Taulupe Faletau (Tongan)


Alun Wyn Jones


Ross Moriarty


Ken Owens


Justin Tipuric (partial Croatian ancestry)


Sam Warburton (tour Captain)


Dan Biggar


Jonathan Davies


Leigh Halfpenny


George North


Rhys Webb


Liam Williams

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IRELAND

Rory Best


Tadhg Furlong


Iain Henderson


Jack McGrath


Sean O'Brien


Peter O'Mahony


CJ Stander (South African)


Robbie Henshaw


Conor Murray


Jared Payne (Kiwi)


Jonathan Sexton

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SCOTLAND

Stuart Hogg


Tommy Seymour (born in USA to Scottish mother)

[The Blade]

Brunn, Sub-Nordid, Borreby, Keltic Nordid, Alpine, Tronder, Paleo Atlantid, Faelid, SSA.

[Tooting Carmen]

Ben Youngs has pulled out because his brother's wife has terminal cancer, so he wants to spend the Summer supporting them both. In his place is Scotland's Greig Laidlaw:

[Tooting Carmen]

Billy Vunipola is out with a shoulder injury. In his place is England's James Haskell, aka God:

[Odin]

Mainly Keltic-Nordid, Sub-Nordid, Trønder, Faelid, Borreby, Brunn, Atlantid and Alpine.

[Tooting Carmen]

New call-ups:

WALES

Kristian Dacey


Gareth Davies


Tomas Francis


Cory Hill


SCOTLAND

Allan Dell (born in South Africa)


Finn Russell

[Tooting Carmen]

Jonathan Joseph again