The Best Social Media Reactions To Warren Gatland’s British & Irish Lions Squad

by Will Matthews · April 19, 2017

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The wait is finally over.

Warren Gatland ended months of speculation this afternoon when he named his British & Irish Lions squad for this summer’s tour of New Zealand.

Gats has gone with a 41-man squad and you can’t really blame him, considering the amount of games to be played and the calibre of opposition.

Understandably social media has gone absolutely nuts since this announcement and will continue to do so over the coming days.

Here’s some of the best bits.

Massive thanks for all the messages. Honoured to be selected for @lionsofficial tour!

— George North (@George_North) April 19, 2017

Honoured to be named in the @lionsofficial touring squad. Was fun finding out in the car listening to @talkSPORT with the kids screaming

— Ben Youngs (@benyoungs09) April 19, 2017

Congrats to all those selected for the British & Irish lions!

— Sonny Bill Williams (@SonnyBWilliams) April 19, 2017

7 forwards. 4 backs. 11 @lionsofficial #AllForOne #LionsNZ2017 pic.twitter.com/4V1muKEItX

— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) April 19, 2017

Congratulations to Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour on being selected for the @lionsofficial tour of New Zealand #LionsNZ2017 pic.twitter.com/SBvJikFdp2

— Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) April 19, 2017

Llongyfarchiadau, Llewod. #AllForOne pic.twitter.com/qiHNj4NHCO

— Welsh Rugby Union (@WelshRugbyUnion) April 19, 2017

Big shout out to the 16 England players selected for the #LionsNZ2017 Tour #AllForOne #CarryThemHome pic.twitter.com/hjsZVxQae9

— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) April 19, 2017

Thanks for all the extremely kind messages. Amazing honour to captain the @lionsofficial again. Squad looks very very strong! #AllForOne

— Sam Warburton (@samwarburton_) April 19, 2017

Congrats Jared pic.twitter.com/dlx3qoJ4J3

— Ulster Rugby (@UlsterRugby) April 19, 2017

It's all mad…

— Anthony Watson (@anthonywatson_) April 19, 2017

Congratulations to @SpursOfficial fan @samwarburton_ who has been named @lionsofficial captain for the 2017 NZ tour. #AllForOne #LionsNZ2017 pic.twitter.com/iVAfcBrqyo

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 19, 2017

Wow

— Kyle Sinckler (@KyleSinckler) April 19, 2017

Thank you everyone for your kind messages It's an honour to be selected for the tour to NZ And… https://t.co/WwKUcl2odD

— Courtney Lawes (@Courtney_Lawes) April 19, 2017

And here it is, your class of 2017 #AllForOne

https://t.co/358xeA0FCT pic.twitter.com/c7xDXoJE7h

— British&Irish Lions (@lionsofficial) April 19, 2017