Farrell, Pollock Miss Out From Lions Team Named to Face Australia

Ronan O'Gara: Are Lions rolling the dice going without Owen Farrell?

Head coaches make big decisions. They call it. When I've wanted a certain player in the 23, and the assistants have said ‘god, No’, I take it on board. ‘I hear ya, but I’m still going with this’

Marcus Smith gets nod ahead of Owen Farrell for Lions' first Australia Test

Harlequins fly-half named among replacements while Australia to hand Nick Champion de Crespigny a debut

Farrell, Pollock miss out from Lions team named to face Australia

Beirne starts in back row as Farrell misses out on first Lions Test against Australia

No Welshman is selected in a Lions Test squad for the first time since the 1890s

Owen Farrell misses out on Lions squad for first Australia Test

“Rename the team” – Legendary Lions Captain Blasts Selection of Foreign-Born Stars Again

Lions great Willie John McBride has revisited and expanded upon his recent controversial remarks regarding the number of foreign-born players in the 2025 British & Irish Lions squad. The legendary lock, who featured on five Lions tours between 1962 and 1974, initially voiced his concerns in Rapport, a South African publication, saying: “One thing that does bother me is that eight members of the squad are not born in Britain or Ireland. That’s ho…