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28th Apr 2017

Warren Gatland is doing a Twitter Q&A and you’d nearly feel sorry for the bloke

And they're not about Zebo either

Patrick McCarry

The #AllForOne hashtag is clearly not working…

Former British & Irish Lions captains Brian O’Driscoll and Gavin Hastings have called on players and fans to put their nationalities to one side and get behind Warren Gatland’s men.

Noble sentiments from an Irishman and a Scot but some resentment remains after Gatland’s April 19 naming of a 41-man squad.

While Irish supporters may have hoped for two or three more inclusions – Donnacha Ryan, Garry Ringrose, Keith Earls and Simon Zebo all had good cases – fans from the other three nations have cult heroes and genuine contenders of their own.

Gatland is taking part in a Twitter Q&A with Lions sponsors Standard Life this evening and fans are being encouraged to send questions along with the #AskWarren hashtag.

Two questions keep cropping up, and cropping up again. We wonder what Gatland will make of it all…

Why so many Welsh?

Where are the ****ing Scots?!

Of course, it’s not all bad vibes.

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