Yet another Lions XV

Now that the Gats and Stan have been confirmed on the Lions' coaching team it got me thinking about my starting XV for the first test. (again)

1. Gethin Jenkins
2. Jerry Flannery
3. Andrew Sheridan
4. Paul O'Connell
5. Alun Wyn-Jones
6. Ryan Jones
7. Martyn Williams
8. Denis Leamy
9. Mike Blair
10. Ronan O'Gara
11. Shane Williams
12. Gavin Henson
13. Brian O'Driscoll
14. Tommy Bowe
15. Lee Byrne

subs: Matt Stevens, Richard Hibbard, Donncha O'Callaghan , James Haskell, Mike Phillips, Danny Cipriani, Shane Horgan

I've gone for a quite a mobile pack. Most of the games will be played on dry fast pitches. Blair and O'Gara offer the best control at nine and ten. We await Phillips' return from injury but hopefully he can find a way into the starting 22. Henson is always a concern but if his form fades during the game BOD could move in to 12 with Bowe coming into 13, or Cipriani could come on with Ronan moving to 12.

I'm really undecided about captian. Can't split O'Connell and Ryan Jones at the moment.

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Originally posted at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A42646485