Captaincy, fly-halves and back rows - Three Lions debates to chew on

Ben Curry, Taulupe Faletau and Rory Darge may be also feeling sorry for themselves right now but do any of those selected for Lions duty deserve to have been usurped by their rivals?
LIONS DEBATES:Captaincy, fly-halves and back rows - Three Lions debates to chew on following the announcement of the squad. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

LIONS DEBATES:Captaincy, fly-halves and back rows - Three Lions debates to chew on following the announcement of the squad. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

THE CAPTAINCY 

If it was not going to be Caelan Doris, it had to be Maro Itoje, and the Leinster and Ireland captain’s season-ending shoulder injury has allowed his England counterpart to become a groundbreaking first black skipper of the British & Irish Lions.

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