The vibe, the captaincy, the Top 14: Five things in Andy Farrell’s Lions in-tray

Choose the players to suit Plan A or pick the best players and then come up with the game plan? There’s plenty at stake in the coming seven weeks.

ROARING LIONS: British & Irish Lions Coaching staff Aled Walters, David Nucifora, Andy Farrell and Vinny Hammond with the official 2025 British Irish Lions jersey at the Intercontinental Hotel Sydney Harbour. Pic: ©INPHO/British Irish Lions/Karen Watson

1 A Plan B

Plan A is all very well but it rarely works out that way. So many Lions tours have been won or lost through unforeseen circumstances.