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Unfortunate tweet about Ireland and the Lions was swiftly deleted this afternoon

Published 14:20 19 Apr 2017 BST

Updated 14:50 19 Apr 2017 BST

Patrick McCarry
Unfortunate tweet about Ireland and the Lions was swiftly deleted this afternoon

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It was all going so well...

Warren Gatland named his 2017 Lions squad and there were plenty of places for England, Wales and Ireland players. Scotland got two - Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour - but you can't please everyone. The #AllForOne hashtag was trending and, we were told, it was time to come together in support of four nations that had become one team. And then there was a tweet from BT Sport that forgot to include a healthy chunk of Ireland in a Lions graphic: https://twitter.com/threeredkings/status/854670064280375296 Very unfortunate but surely a simple explanation for the mix up. There was a rapid reaction and most of it called on the broadcaster to make amends, including one from @IrishRugby https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/854670442833088512 Others found some humour in the post. https://twitter.com/Coldham007/status/854682470129774594 https://twitter.com/threeredkings/status/854676365605523461 Soon enough, the tweet was deleted and a new tweet was posted. Thankfully, it featured the entire island of Ireland: https://twitter.com/btsportrugby/status/854673158267449346 The new version got the approval of the official Irish Rugby account. https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/854677640820781056 All's well that started off so messily. #AllForOne - Take Two!

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