Rugby Union - British & Irish Lions Squad Announcement - O2 Arena, London, Britain - May 8, 2025 General view of British & Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell announces his squad for the tour of Australia with British & Irish Lions' Maro Itoje and chairman Ieuan Evans as the big screen displays the names of players in the squad Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs
LONDON (Reuters) -Following is the British & Irish Lions squad for the 2025 tour to Australia announced by head coach Andy Farrell on Thursday:
FORWARDS
Tadhg Beirne (Munster Rugby/Ireland)
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers/England)
Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks/England)
Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors/ Scotland)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks/England)
Ben Earl (Saracens/England)
Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors/Scotland)
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears/England)
Maro Itoje (Saracens/England) - Captain
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Joe McCarthy (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Jac Morgan (Ospreys/Wales)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints/England)
Andrew Porter (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
James Ryan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby/Scotland)
Dan Sheehan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby/England)
Josh van der Flier (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
BACKS
Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby/Ireland)
Elliot Daly (Saracens/England)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints/England)
Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Mack Hansen (Connacht Rugby/Ireland)
Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors/Scotland)
Hugo Keenan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse/Scotland)
James Lowe (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints/England)
Garry Ringrose (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Finn Russell (Bath Rugby/Scotland)
Fin Smith (Northampton Saints/England)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins/ England)
Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors/Scotland)
Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby/Scotland)
Tomos Williams (Gloucester Rugby/Wales)
The Lions will play 10 matches starting with a home game against Argentina on June 20 in Dublin before flying out to Australia.
They will then play Western Force, Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs and the ACT Brumbies before facing an Invitational Australia/New Zealand team.
The opening test against Australia will be played in Brisbane on July 19 before a game against a First Nations & Pasifika XV three days later.
The second test against Australia will be in Melbourne (July 26) and the final test in Sydney (August 2).
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
