The Telegraph’s Charlie Morgan joins Brett McKay but not Harry Jones to go through all the ins and outs of the Lions Squad announcement, in this bonus edition of The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast.

With the British & Irish Lions arriving in Australia in less than two months for their 2025 Tour, the guys ponder the key questions from the announcement event at the O2 in London:

Who were we most surprised to see? Who were we most pleased to see? Who will dominate the headlines and debate (because someone will)? And who was most unlucky?

(Harry, as it turns out, who was still in the process of leaving hospital as we recorded. He’ll be back for the Weekend Post Mortem!)

#rugby #rugbypodcast #89Combo #LionsTour

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Music: "Stalling" by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena (via YouTube Creator Studio)

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