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Everybody has an obvious solution after George North’s costly error

Published 09:21 17 Jun 2017 BST

Updated 09:37 17 Jun 2017 BST

Patrick McCarry
Everybody has an obvious solution after George North’s costly error

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What the hell is up with George North?

The Welsh winger had, until today, looked solid in defence but blunt in attack on his appearances for the Lions. Even so, most expect Lions coach Warren Gatland to select him for the First Test against the All Blacks. Against the Maori All Blacks, North had a shocker as he shelled the ball after sliding back to collect a Nehe Milner-Skudder kick. Wales and Lions teammate Leigh Halfpenny was on hand to help muddle the situation but North will have to own this one as the ball spilled out and Liam Messam was gifted an easy score: https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/875995015528558592 With Gatland surprising many by calling up four extra Welsh players to the Lions squad on the same day, many rugby fans had an obvious solution to North's woes... https://twitter.com/imaginejonny/status/875984013718167552 https://twitter.com/joloughlin100/status/875984409480105985 https://twitter.com/PatPageWard/status/875984152692129794 https://twitter.com/JamieThompson36/status/875984248716627968 https://twitter.com/rugbycoffeehapp/status/875983913507856384 Some went the other way https://twitter.com/welovegav/status/875984622026403840 Gatland used travel and time zones as his main excuse for calling up the New Zealand-based players but England's Ben Foden was one of so, so many to dismiss that notion: https://twitter.com/ben_foden/status/875987718840385536 It may be slightly unfair, but the pressure on each and every Welsh player in the Lions squad has now been ramped up. And there are still three Tests against the All Blacks to come...