British and Irish Lions Squad Announcement
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British and Irish Lions: Squad selection issues before announcement
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England second row Maro Itoje is the frontrunner for the captaincy, says Matt Dawson and Shane Horgan .
Ireland number eight Caelan Doris picked up a shoulder injury in Leinster's Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Northampton this weekend , putting his touring hopes in danger.
Bernard Jackman believes Finn Russell should be straight into the team.
Henry Pollock's performance against Leinster set tongues wagging among those on the look-out for Lions .
Northampton fly-half Fin Smith played his way onto the plane for Northampton .
Ben White and Tomos Williams face off at scrum-half for Andy Farrell's side.
Marcus Smith was called up for tour while playing for England against Canada .
Marcus Smith is the best one -on-one attacker coming from the back.
Blair Kinghorn is likely to arrive late on the tour from Toulouse so it is a massive string to Marcus Smith's bow being able to play 15 .
However Smith may find that positional specialists are preferred to his versatility.
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