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    LIONS OF THE FUTURE

    Jul 13, 2021 5 minutes
    Words Tom English & Sarah Mockford
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    THE CURRENT British & Irish Lions tour is still in progress, but it’s always fun to contemplate who may come to the fore for future trips.

    The Lions head to Australia in 2025 and New Zealand four years later. World Cups and Six Nations will be played between now and then, form will come and go, injuries will deliver cruel blows, and players will arrive seemingly from nowhere. Who would have tipped Louis Rees-Zammit for this year’s tour in 2017?

    Still, we have pondered which players currently aged 23 or under could be amongst the best in Britain and Ireland for the next two tours. Here are the eight we’re predicting to be future Lions…

    THE ATHLETIC HYBRID

    RYAN BAIRD IRELAND

    One of the many glittering jewels of the St Michael’s College rugby factory in Dublin, Baird is unquestionably one

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