The weekend's Champions Cup games also shed light on the Lions' no10 slot and just which of the English 'exiles' in France is on fire
Caelan Doris may be a nailed-on certainty to start at no8 on the 2025 Lions team for the first test against Australia this summer.
READ MORE: Jeopardy, Intrigue, Juntas, Jails and The Third Man - fear was the key to the greatest Irish sporting mystery of all time Just behind Ulster's Nick Timony, who will be hoping to gain an Ireland squad call-up this week, posted 22 tackles, Fitz Harding from Bristol Bears managed 21 while only three further players across the eight ties, including Josh van der Flier, managed to make 20.Lions pointer for a position that is considered one of the most keenly contested. Leinster's Jordie Barrett made the minor placings finishing joint fifth with 20 carries.
Other players mentioned in dispatches included La Rochelle's Jack Nowell, who some consider an outside shot for a Lions place, beat the joint-most defenders, 10, in Round 3. He was also second-best in two categories, making 30 post-contact metres and four offloads.
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