Tuipulotu one of eight Scots in Lions squad but Graham misses out

Northampton's 20-year-old guardant Henry Pollock will circuit Australia pinch nan British and Irish Lions this summer, but erstwhile England skipper Owen Farrell, nan boy of caput coach Andy, misses out.

Pollock's inclusion marks a warp-speed emergence to nan apical of nan game. The flanker, who only turned 20 successful January, had played only 1 Premiership crippled earlier nan commencement of this season.

Farrell, a three-time tourer successful nan past, has only conscionable returned to fittingness pinch French broadside Racing 92 but nan 33-year-old had aspirations to correspond nan Lions erstwhile more.

Elsewhere, Ireland's first-choice fly-half Sam Prendergast misses retired pinch Scotland's Finn Russell and England brace Fin Smith and Marcus Smith preferred arsenic stand-off options.

Scrum-half Tomos Williams and flanker Jac Morgan are nan only 2 Wales players included, a debased for a Lions circuit successful nan modern era.

Ireland skipper Caelan Doris, who was a near-certainty to beryllium picked and a captaincy contender, will miss nan circuit aft suffering a enarthrosis wounded successful Leinster's Champions Cup semi-final conclusion by Northampton past weekend.

England skipper Maro Itoje was confirmed arsenic skipper of nan 38-strong party, completing a late-career emergence arsenic a leader.

Backs

Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby/Ireland)

Elliot Daly (Saracens/England)

Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints/England)

Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Mack Hansen (Connacht Rugby/Ireland)

Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors/Scotland)

Hugo Keenan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse/Scotland)

James Lowe (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints/England)

Garry Ringrose (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Finn Russell (Bath Rugby/Scotland)

Fin Smith (Northampton Saints/England)

Marcus Smith (Harlequins/ England)

Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors/Scotland)

Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby/Scotland)

Tomos Williams (Gloucester Rugby/Wales)

Forwards

Tadhg Beirne (Munster Rugby/Ireland)

Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers/England)

Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks/England)

Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors/ Scotland)

Tom Curry (Sale Sharks/England)

Ben Earl (Saracens/England)

Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors/Scotland)

Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears/England)

Maro Itoje (Saracens/England) (capt)

Ronan Kelleher (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Joe McCarthy (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Jac Morgan (Ospreys/Wales)

Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints/England)

Andrew Porter (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

James Ryan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby/Scotland)

Dan Sheehan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

Will Stuart (Bath Rugby/England)

Josh van der Flier (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

With nan Lions squad announcement made successful beforehand of a unrecorded assemblage for nan first time, it was Pollock's inclusion that generated nan astir sound from astir 2,000 fans wrong Indigo, a venue wrong London's O2 Arena complex.

His eye-catching statement breaks, dogged breakdown activity and confident, abrasive on-pitch persona, complete pinch pre-planned effort celebrations, person made him nan breakthrough prima of nan season.

After returning from winning nan under-20 Rugby World Cup successful South Africa past summer, Pollock has go a cardinal portion of Saints' backmost row, scored 2 tries connected his England debut against Wales successful March and tally amok successful Northampton's tally to nan Investec Champions Cup last connected 24 May.

To fresh him successful among his back-row options, coach Farrell has overlooked Scotland's in-form backmost statement Jamie Ritchie, England's Ben Curry, Toulouse's Englishman Jack Willis and Welsh Lions seasoned Taulupe Faletau.

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Pollock, who is nan youngest subordinate successful nan squad, faces sizeable title to make nan Test team, but he has excelled astatine each level truthful acold successful his emergence towards nan apical of nan game.

"I wasn't certain, but I wouldn't opportunity I needed convincing," said Farrell erstwhile asked whether Pollock's barnstorming capacity against Leinster astatine nan play had clinched his spot successful nan squad.

"I for illustration what I see, for illustration each apical players, he is ever trying to make a quality - location is an power and bounce astir him."

Owen Farrell could yet go a four-time Lions tourist, pinch Andy suggesting his boy could beryllium a precocious summation to nan squad.

He has endured a difficult first play pinch Racing 92 successful Paris - a groin wounded hampering him connected nan transportation and nan sacking of erstwhile England coach Stuart Lancaster disrupting nan set-up disconnected it.

However, Farrell's expertise to thrust standards and screen some fly-half and wrong centre could punctual his promotion into nan Lions squad.

"Owen was successful nan speech obviously, an knowledgeable subordinate for illustration that, looking for his 4th circuit and pinch his activity qualities," said Andy Farrell.

"But it sewage to a point, for illustration pinch a fewer others, wherever he is still trying to find his measurement backmost to fitness.

"There are 38 picked which leaves a mates of slots unfastened for america down nan track, if and erstwhile needed. Owen and a fewer different guys would beryllium successful that type of bracket."

Itoje had been touted arsenic a early England skipper ever since starring his country's age-grade broadside to nan under-20s World Cup successful 2014.

However, it appeared that imaginable would spell unrealised arsenic ex-England coach Eddie Jones questioned whether Itoje was outgoing and vocal capable to ain nan dressing room, while Owen Farrell filled nan domiciled arsenic skipper for some England and Saracens.

Having succeeded Farrell arsenic Saracens skipper successful August, Itoje became England skipper successful January and is now afforded nan eventual honour of starring nan Lions.

"I'm profoundly honoured, humbled and I will do my champion to do nan domiciled justice," he said.

Doris, who was seen arsenic Itoje's main rival for nan job, will miss nan travel to person room connected an wounded his nine coach Jacques Nienaber described arsenic "quite serious".

"As you tin imagine, he is devastated," said Andy Farrell connected Doris. "He would decidedly person been successful nan mix, specified an knowledgeable subordinate and leader.

"Sport tin beryllium sadistic sometimes, but Caelan will beryllium backmost bigger and stronger."