The Official British & West Brits Loins Tour 2025 Thread

[Yermon]

1. Porter
2. Sheahan
3. Stuart
4. Itoje
5. Chessum
6. Beirne
7. Morgan
8. Earl
9. JGP
10. Russell
11. Freeman
12. Tuipolotu
13. Jones
14. Lowe
15. Keenan
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16. Kelliher
17. Bealham
18. Schoeman
19. Cummings
20. Pollock
21. JGP
22. F. Smith
23. Farrell

Ignore the wingers and centers numbers, I never pay attention to those!

Id expect a few changes based on fitness by the 2nd Test.
Ringrose and Kinghorn in.

And for tactics, Lowe, Pollock, maybe even White (or if they start this Saturday they could flip to being dropped for Saturday week)

Edit - you asked for 23

Gibson Park is some man for one man - starting Scrum Half AND on the bench

 

[nelly sham]

Gibson Park is some man for one man - starting Scrum Half AND on the bench

It's Park-Gibson on the bench ACTUALLY

 

[TonyCork80]

I always reckon Jameson Gibson-Pork's real name is Dave Smith or something but when Leinster brought him in he decided to pick the most Donnybrook name possible in order to fit in.

 

[Coogee]

Porter,Sheehan,Stuart, Itoje, Chessum, Beirne, Morgan, Earl, JGP, Russell, Freeman, Aki, Jones, Lowe, Keenan

Genge, Kelliher, Furlong, Cummings, Pollock, Mitchell, F Smith, Hansen

Talk about a 6/2 split on the bench which could mean Conan in for Hansen

 

[nelly sham]

ROG has suggested benching Sheahan and the first choice front row and bringing them on after 50 mins.
An interesting shout

 

[jeepers]

Hansen injured, apparently. I suppose they'll have to call up Dave Kearney, or maybe McFadden?

 

[How bad boy]

Hansen injured, apparently. I suppose they'll have to call up Dave Kearney, or maybe McFadden?

Nah, it'll be a particularly promising winger from Blackrock or St Michaels who's got a much higher ceiling

 

[How bad boy]

On second thoughts, it's Tommy O'Brien, isn't it?

He knows the system and has the best tries to caps ratio in international rugby

 

[The truth seeker]

Tl:dr; Farrell will look like some pr*ck if they lose.

 

[Jukka]

ROG has suggested benching Sheahan and the first choice front row and bringing them on after 50 mins.
An interesting shout

If I was a La Rochelle supporter, I'd be questioning what the fuck our head coach is doing on a month long analysis jolly down in Australia instead of being closer to home prepping for pre season, especially after their worst season in years.