FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Stormers v British and Irish Lions - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa - July 17, 2021 British and Irish Lions' Jack Conan scores their fourth try REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Jack Conan admits the British & Irish Lions were the furthest thing from his mind at the start of 2021 as he struggled with a succession of injuries that kept him out of the Ireland team for over a year.
The number eight has been chosen by coach Warren Gatland ahead of Taulupe Faletau and Sam Simmonds when the Lions face world champions South Africa in the first of three tests in Cape Town on Saturday, a selection that has raised more than a few eyebrows.
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