Today the big questions will finally be answered

After months of speculation, the advancement of improbable bolters and the decline of one-time certainties, Warren Gatland will today reveal his British & Lions squad for Australia.

For as long as Gatland has been planning his touring party for this summer’s three-Test series, there have been others trying to second guess him, a game played after every weekend of action this season as forests-worth of notepads, cigarette packets and beer mats have been scribbled on in pursuit of the perfect mix of players to defeat the Wallabies.

One thing’s for sure. Nobody really knows what’s going on in Gatland’s mind with the Wales coach keeping his cards very close to his chest to the extent we are not really sure how many players he will name today.