Rugby legend leaves Stuart Hogg out of his Sky Sports Lions XV

"When it came to putting this team together, I looked at consistency over the past 12 months instead of just picking right now on form," wrote Ferris in his column for Sky Sports.

15 Jacob Stockdale (Ireland); 14 Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales), 11 Jonny May (England)

13 George North (Wales), 12 Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)

 10 Owen Farrell (England, captain), 9 Conor Murray (Ireland)

1 Rory Sutherland (Scotland), 2 Jamie George (England), 3 Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)

4 Maro Itoje (England, vice-captain), 5 James Ryan (Ireland)

6 Sam Underhill (England), 7 Tom Curry (England), 8 Taulupe Faletau (Wales).