🦁 British & Irish Lions: How do Stringer & Healey's XVs compare?
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- The countdown is on for the British & Irish Lions’ 2025 tour to Australia, with Ireland Head Coach Andy Farrell leading the team Down Under.
But which players are in pole position to pull on the famous red jersey by the time of the first Test?
To find out, we asked Betway ambassador Peter Stringer and former Lion Austin Healey to reveal their respective teams if they had to select them now.
Watch the video to find out:
- How strong the Irish influence is in the pack
- How their second-row and centre partnerships compare
- The 'easy' half-back pairing that needed no debate
- The contrasting make-up of their back three
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You can actually hear the point that Austin's medication wore off... "and then at full back, I've gone for Marcus Smith." NURSE, He's out of bed again! Hugo Keenan every day and twice on Sundays.
Can’t wait for the Irish lions tour. Gonna be epic
Just bring Ireland.....leave everyone else at home. Be grand 🙂
As a Welshman I’d have said LRZ or Feyi-Waboso would have been in with a shout…
I’ll have to agree with your assessment
@BenDavies-on4hr Just no ones a rookie we don't even know if he can play international rugby and the other is useless outside running forward.
@@davidholgate123 Beat the world champions something nobody else did
Fuck sake,I wanted to say that. 💚⚪🧡
@@BenDavies-on4hrfeyi waboso???? Give your a head a wobble he hasn’t started a test match yet
Hansen, Aki , and Ringrose have to be on that tour, simple as that .
Ringrose?? No way. Henshaw streets ahead of him
@@TineBeo your joking,as good as henshaw is ringrose is a far more creative 13,scores more trys,sets up trys for others,henshaw is a better 12,an enforcer
Hugo Keenan is one of the best players in the world right now madness by Healey
Lawrence and over Ringrose is wild. And as far as Smith over Keenan, I have no comment 😂😂
Those selections just show how much all the other coaches and coaching teams need to pick up the pace and build some more competitive teams. The Unions have some work to do as well especially in England and Wales.
Fun discussion. To be fair, as an Irish fan, I can never recall a time when I expected us to win pretty much every game. Of course a lot can happen and it's at moments like these when you're prone to an upset or the opposition will surprise you by pulling out a performance you didn't think them capable of.
I can agree with most of their very overlapping choices. But Lawrence at 13 will mean Ringrose has never been on a Lions test team. A bit surprised Henshaw rather than Aki at 12.
I remember when the lions toured New Zealand and ringrose wasn’t picked and most New Zealand pundits were really surprised.
Ringrose will go baring injuries he's better than Lawrence. That's not even a discussion outside England.
My 23 would be Ellis Genge, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong, Tadhg Beirne, Maro Itoje, Peter O'Mahony (c), Josh Van Der Flier, Caelan Doris, Jameson Gibson-Park, Finn Russell, James Lowe, Bundee Aki, Ollie Lawerence Duhan Van De Merve, Hugo Keenan, Bench: Pierre Schoeman, Dewi Lake, Zander Fagerson, Joe McCarthy, Billy Vunipola, Gareth Davies, Marcus Smith, Mack Hansen
Billy V 😂😂😂😂
@@kimpembe4594 I think Farrell will want a big abrasive ball carrier towards the end of the game to punish a tired team and add some additional bulk to a pack. Yes he is past his best but for a 20 minute cameo at the end of the game he could do a job.
@@dublin7just field the Irish team except for 10 only.
I am English and I want England to stop picking Billy V (I think we have) let alone the best of the home nations team. But thanks for throwing out a bone - one maybe 2 England players deserve to be in the team, maybe mid weekers at the moment.
@@victordastile5204If everyone is fit. Who is the best Ireland no.10 ? I'm fairly new to rugby. Post world cup. Thanks
They'll have to reverse the order this next tour to 'Irish and British Lions'... ;)
That back three from Healey is ridiculous, apart from Lowe. I side more with Stringer but don't think VdM is a definite. Whatever the team, it should be a 3-0 destruction of Australia.
Honestly it amazes me that people rave about Ben Earl . Yes he is playing amazing, BUT we had Sam Simmons available for 6 years who is a better version of Ben Earl and hardly got picked . Now they act like Ben Earl is something new. Its yet another case of English rugby picking someone to play a way that we already had but ignored
Lawrence over Ringrose....No chance.
@@johnnyenglish3831 *ieo
Based on performances over the last couple of years, the bulk of any Lions team would be Ireland based. Probably 10 or 11, are definites.
Porter
Sheehan
Furglong
McCarthy
Ryan
Bernie
Van der flyer
Doris
JGP
Russell
Lowe
Aki
Ringrose
Hanson
Keenan.
Shoeman
Kelleher
Cole
Itoji
Conan
Williams
Crowley
Lawrence over ringrose or aki
Worthy mentions:
Jac Morgan - fantastic all-rounder and leader.
Tom Curry - if ever there was the epitome of a Lion.
Garry Ringrose (as said below) - but I do agree with Lawrence, he is sensational.
Alex Mitchell - on the up-curve
Ellis Genge - can he improve his scrummaging?
Mason Grady - bolter this six nations. Hungry
Can't help thinking there's a prop or two from Scotland and Wales...Schoeman comes to mind. Seen decent propping talent emerging in Wales...
1-Furlong
2-Sheehan
3-Porter
4-Itoje
5-Beirne
6-Reffel
7-Van Der Flier
8-Doris
9-Gibson Park
10-Russell
11-VDM
12-AKI
13-Ringrose
14-Graham
15-Keenan
16-Kelleher
17-Schoooooeee
18-Bealham
19-McCarthy/Ryan
20-Earl
21-White
22-Crowley
23-Hansen/Lowe
Smith at full back. Are you for real Austin.
Shite talk. only one full back and that's Hugo Keenan
😂😂😂😂😂😂 No Ringrose!!!
1. Porter
2. Sheehan.
3. Furlong
4. Chessum
5. McCarthy
6. Lawes
7. Morgan
8. Dorris
9. Park
10. Russel
11. Hansen
12. Aki
13. Ringrose
14. Graham
15. Keenan
16. Kelleher
17. Genge
18. Bealham
19. Beirne
20. Conan
21. Mitchel
22. Crowley
23. North/henshaw
Yes! The Irish and a few British Lions.
It'll be a totally different XV when the time comes. All the so-called experts pick their team a few years out, yet they are always wrong, form changes so quickly in rugby. Look how many of the last Lions team were mentioned.
FFS what about an info graphic - production values
Think there'll be a lot of change in the next 18 months. Some of my bolters:
Darge has to be considered
Kinghorn at 15 makes more sense than Smith
Baird at 6 might be an option
Beno Obano
Slade
Porter
Sheeran
Furlong
McCarthy
Itoje
Beirne
Earl
Doris
Gibson-Park
Russell
Lowe
Aki
Ringrose
VDM
Keenan
No bias here from Austin?
Schoeman
Sheehan
Furlong
McCarthy
Beirne
Ben earl
Doris
Darge
Gibson-park
Russel
DVD
Tuipolotu
Ringrose
Hansen
Keenan
Would put Aki but tuipolotu is more of an allrounder, and I’m Scottish
Ben earl openside says stringer .. so you dont want lions to steal any ball then..
Its not for another year for gods sake. Aki will unlikely be there. Possibly JGP also.
Sheehan mccarthy doris gibson parke russell lowe aki duhan keenan for me all in world class form at the moment
Loosehead gonna be very interesting , porter genge schoeman neck and neck for me
They should start calling it the Irish and British lions😉
I think the English water boys were brilliant and should be selected
Proper pisstake now ...as many SH players as NH ..sad indictment of our game
Smith at full back???? No way. Otherwise good teams by both.
What's going to happen in Rugby for 18 months down the line. What about injuries. What about players welfare. To early driving good players mad .have you nothing to talk about only lions Rugby
Let Ireland play the Saturday games and the other country play wednesday nights.
Porter
Sheehan
Furlong
Mcarthy
Jenkins
Beirne
Morgan
Doris
Gibson-P
Russell
Van de M
Aki
Jones
Lowe
Keenan
Kelleher
Fagerson
Genge
Itoje
Laws
Earl
Tomos Williams
Marcus Smith
Apart from Genge, Itoje, Earls, Smith, Williams and Jenkins. Looks good after that.
1 - Porter
2 - Sheehan
3 - Furlong
4 - Itoje
5 - Beirne
6 - Wainwright
7 - Morgan (c)
8 - Doris
9 - Gibson Park
10 - Russell
11 - Lowe
12 - Tuipolotu
13 - Ringrose
14 - van der Merwe
15 - Keenan
16 - Lake
17 - Schoeman
18 - Bealam
19 - Rowlands
20 - van der Flier
21 - White
22 - Smith
23 - Steward
Thats what my team would be.
Surely to f**k got to have NH born players only in the lions . .its getting crazy . Could start with 8 SH players .wtf. its a SA baabaas tour ffs....its 18 months away too . Soooo much can change in that Time . Only shoe ins are Finn Russell and 5 South Africans??
Chill out mate. I get your point. But breathe
It's the Irish Wolfhounds...no such thing as Irish Lions
Smith at 15 brainless,keenan bestc15 in the world,smith is a 10
AUSTIN HEALY DOES NOT BALL KNOWLEDGE
Stringer was never a lion was he?
No, unfortunately neither Sir Graham, Sir Clive or even CBE Gatty wanted to put his promising attitude to use..
HUGO KEENAN is the best 15 in the world and you want to leave him out????