LIST: 5 British & Irish Lions contenders who flopped this weekend

See who makes our selection below:

Clumsy clear out in ruck led to penalty that opened the door for Wales' third score. He's struggled with the step up to international and was replaced in the 58th minute in Cardiff. Hill is no longer even in the Lions conversation.

For a game where Ireland had their most cohesive attack, Lowe was conspicuous by his absence of threat with ball in hand against Italy. Meanwhile, Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit and England's Anthony Watson were both on the scoresheet yet again with Lowe's chances of making the Lions squad seem to be fading week-by-week.

Lasted 50 minutes on a solid if unspectacular return. Jury remains out on his centre partnership with North and his place on the Lions tour despite his heroics back in 2017..

One pass to Slade was trademark Ford and he was part of backline that showed enterprise but kicked poorly. He's not a better player than Marcus Smith or Joe Simmonds in any way at the moment, and if he doesn't warrant his England selection, the Lions is nothing but a pipe dream.

Came into the match in fine fettle but came up against a worthy competitor in Kyle Sinckler, who dominated the Welshman at scrum time. With the battle of the packs likely to be key against the Springboks, this was a massive step back for the loosehead following his fantastic start to the Six Nations.