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Published 18:40 13 Apr 2021 BST
Updated 19:19 13 Apr 2021 BST
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Jonathan Sexton and Lions teammate Liam Williams celebrate the Second Test win over New Zealand in 2017. (Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile)[/caption]
If you're still in Europe, you still have a chance to impress. The Rainbow Cup is kicking off in just over a week, but Gatland & Co. will not get much from local derbies in a newly minted competition.
So, who are the 57, and how do you cut from there? To start off with, we broke the squad into 10 sections (merging second- and back-rows) and listed out every player that has a decent, or outside shout of making the cut.
Without much strain, we tallied 71 names. Obviously, that is too many so many of the names on my list must not have come up in conversation. With the coaching ticket in mind, past Lions form, Six Nations form and players sticking their hands up in Europe, it was time to pare down that list to 57 likely lads.
So, without further ado, here are the 57 players I feel came up in those five 36-man squads collected by Gatland [including his own].
Tadhg Furlong and Justin Tipuric board the Lions bus in 2017. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)[/caption]
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