Star fly-half Finn Russell will be among the 15 players joining the British and Irish Lions squad this week.
After the completion of the Premiership and the United Rugby Championship, players from Bath, Leicester Tigers and Leinster will enter the training camp on Monday ahead of the Lions’ first match of the tour on Friday against Argentina in Dublin.
Finn Russell led Bath to their first Premiership title since 1996 with their 23-21 victory over Leicester in Saturday’s final. The Scotsman, who had excelled in Bath’s Premiership win, now joins Marcus Smith and Fin Smith as one of the three fly-halves in the squad.
The 15 new players will train with the Lions on Tuesday but if any of those players do feature against Argentina later this week, their involvement will likely be limited.
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Because of the reduced number of players at the six-day training camp in Quinta do Lago in Portugal, head coach Andy Farrell called up England front-rowers Jamie George and Asher Opoku-Fordjour to help with practice sessions. They will train for the last time on Monday before returning to their clubs.
Only one selected player – Scotland full-back Blair Kinghorn – is yet to link up with the Lions squad.
Kinghorn remains on club duty with Toulouse, who are competing in the Top 14 semi-finals in the French league on Friday. He could be away for a further week if his team reach the final.
New players joining the squad in full:
Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers/England)
Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Joe McCarthy (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Andrew Porter (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
James Ryan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Dan Sheehan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby/England)
Josh van der Flier (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Hugo Keenan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
James Lowe (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Garry Ringrose (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
Finn Russell (Bath Rugby/Scotland)
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