So here’s the question. If you were picking a Lions team right now on the back of the Six Nations, what would it look like? Well, the answer is it would look very different to the one that took the field in South Africa last summer.
Nine players started all three Tests against the Springboks - Duhan van der Merwe, Robbie Henshaw, Dan Biggar, Tadhg Furlong, Maro Itoje, Courtney Lawes, Jack Conan, Tom Curry and skipper Alun Wyn Jones.
In addition, a further six were in the match-day 23 throughout the series - Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ken Owens, Mako Vunipola, Kyle Sinckler, Elliot Daly, Ali Price. You can read more about that acrimonious trip here.
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