Lions.

The 2025 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia may be still over a year away – but that hasn’t stopped us from getting excited about it already.

The famous touring side will take on the Wallabies in a three-Test series, along with their usual midweek games against the local franchises, as well as a special game against Argentina in Dublin before they fly out.

Ireland boss Andy Farrell will lead the Lions as head coach, with the 48-year-old set to take up his new role at the beginning of next year.

His son Owen Farrell has been tipped as a potential captain, but as for the squad itself, the Telegraph has had a go at picking what a current British and Irish Lions squad would look like and it’s a pretty decent selection.

Interestingly, Farrell doesn’t even make their squad. Have a look at their selection below and let us know what you think of it.

Telegraph Lions 2025 squad

Loosehead-props:

Andrew Porter (Ireland)
Ellis Genge (England)
Pierre Schoeman (Scotland)

Hookers:

Dewi Lake (Wales)
Dan Sheehan (Ireland)
George Turner (Scotland)

Tighthead-props:

Zander Fagerson (Scotland)
Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (England)

Locks:

George Martin (England)
Maro Itoje (England)
James Ryan (Ireland)
Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)
Will Rowlands (Wales)
Iain Henderson (Ireland)

Back Row:

Jac Morgan (Wales)
Tommy Reffell (Wales)
Ben Earl (England)
Caelan Doris (Ireland)
Rory Darge (Scotland)
Courtney Lawes/Tom Curry (England)

Scrum-Halves:

Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland)
Gareth Davies (Wales)
Alex Mitchell (England)

Fly-Halves:

Finn Russell (Scotland)
George Ford (England)
Marcus Smith (England)

Centres:

Bundee Aki (Ireland)
Ollie Lawrence (England)
Garry Ringrose (Ireland)
Sione Tuipulotu (Scotland)

Wingers:

James Lowe (Ireland)
Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland)
Darcy Graham (Scotland)
Mack Hansen (Ireland)

Full-backs:

Hugo Keenan (Ireland)
Freddie Steward (England)