Episode 11 -- LIONS SPECIAL -- Our starting XV, the Irish maybes and inside Gatland's mind - a podcast by JOE

Ronan O'Gara, Kev McLaughlin and debutant Fionn Carr join SportsJOE's Pat McCarry and host Andy McGeady on The Hard Yards this week.

01:30 - The guys discuss the Lions front row combination
07:00 - Alun Wyn Jones, Mario Itoje, Devin Toner, Joe Launchbury or George Kruis in the second row?
10:25 - CJ Stander and Billy Vunipola are in, but who takes the number 7 jersey?
15:00 - ROG, Fionn and Kev all agree on who should play at #9 and #10
19:00 - Who plays at outside centre?
20:20 - The left wing position is a difficult one, the boys went with three different choices
24:00 - The argument for and against starting George North
25:30 - Who plays at full back for the Lions?
27:00 - The Irish players that are in a fight to be selected in the squad (Best, Henderson, Zebo, Toner, Earls, Ringrose, Heaslip, O'Mahony, Payne)
34:15 - Bolters! Who is in with an outside chance of making the squad?
39:00 - RugbyWorld's Paul Williams names his Lions starting XV
44:10 - Paul tells us what he thinks Gatland will do with the back row
46:25 - Can the Lions beat New Zealand playing in the Gatland style?
50:40 - Hayley O'Connor from Ladbrokes gives us the latest Lions odds

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