Maro Itoje is expected to be named captain of the British & Irish Lions team heading for Australia while a few Aussies themselves are hanging on anxiously waiting to learn whether they'll also be heading home as part of the touring squad.
The eagerly awaited announcement of the Lions' squad to tour Australia in June, July and August will be made at the O2 arena in London in front of a crowd of around 2000 on Thursday with Englishman Itoje forecast widely to be appointed skipper of Andy Farrell's squad.
He would be the first English captain of the Lions since Martin Johnson led them to a 2-1 defeat to the Wallabies in 2001, but looks the strong frontrunner following the shoulder injury sustained by Ireland skipper Caelan Doris which seems set to rule him out of the trip altogether.
