Lions Tour 2025, Who Should be Picked?

 In my fifth and final post, I will give my opinion on the centres, wingers, and fullbacks. Per the last posts, I will continue to follow the previous Lions tour format, so I will choose four centres, four wingers, and two fullbacks. Centres My starting inside centre and my captain for the whole tour is Sione Tuipulotu. Tuipulotu has been on outstanding form for Scotland, and Glasgow Warriors recently. He provides a hard-running line with great skills when needed to use them. Sione qualifies for Scotland through his grandmother who hails from Greenock. Partnering Tuipulotu in the centre is Irish outside centre Robbie Henshaw. Henshaw has been a staple in both Ireland and Leinster's recent success. Henshaw has previously been on two Lions tours in 2017 and 2021, making 6 appearances across both tours. My sub inside centre is Irish powerhouse, Bundee Aki. Aki is known for his try-scoring and playmaking abilities regularly performing for Connacht and Ireland. Aki qualifies to ...

  Scrum-halves and Stand-offs Next, I will give my opinion on the Lions' selection of scrum-halves and stand-offs. This has proved to be a competitive pick, with numerous players regularly performing. As per the last posts, I will follow the structure of the 2021 tour, therefore I will be choosing 3 scrum-halves and 3 stand-offs. Scrumhalf My first selection and our starting number 9 will be Jamison Gibson Park. Gibson Park has made 35 appearances for Ireland, since qualifying on residency grounds. Gibson Park previously represented Māori All Blacks internationally, before switching allegiance. Gibson Park is currently playing for Leinster where he has made 136 apps, scoring 150 points. My second selection is Scotland’s number 9, Ben White. White has made 22 appearances for Scotland, scoring 4 tries. He qualifies to play for Scotland on ancestry grounds after making 11 appearances for England U20. White has recently switched to Toulon, following London Irish ceasing to exist,...