Lions tour squad since Gregor Townsend, Doddie Weir, Tom Smith, Alan Tait and Rob Wainwright went to South Africa in 1997. Now, after a promising Six Nations which brought victories on the road against both England and France, hopes are high that Warren Gatland will select a bumper crop when he announces his 2021 squad this afternoon.
Here is our guide to the leading contenders from north of the border.Stuart HoggScotland’s full-back and captain is a certainty to be selected for his third tour, and if he maintains his current excellent form then he will wear the No15 jersey in the Test matches.
He was just a kid on the 2013 trip to Australia and flew home from New Zealand early with a nasty facial injury in 2017, so this is his big chance.
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