Leinster contingent reports for duty with British and Irish Lions

There are a dozen boys in blue switching to red following their URC title victory over the weekend.

FINAL FURLONG: Tadhg Furlong with assistant coach John Fogarty during the British & Irish Lions rugby squad training at the UCD Bowl in Dublin on Monday. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile.

Leinster’s URC title-winning British and Irish Lions contingent has put their weekend’s celebrations to bed and joined up with Andy Farrell’s touring party at their Dublin base ahead of Friday’s first game against Argentina in the Aviva Stadium.

All told, there are a dozen boys in blue switching to red. That includes Tadhg Furlong who hasn’t played since early May due to a calf strain. There had been fears that the prop might miss the trip to Australia altogether.

Also in camp are Jamison Gibson-Park and Hugo Keenan who, like Furlong, watched Saturday’s defeat of the Bulls from the Croke Park stands, and James Ryan who was replaced early in that second-half.

The squad has also been boosted by the arrival of those players who played in the Premiership final between Bath and Leicester Tigers in London two days ago , including out-half Finn Russell and Ollie Chessum.

The only player named in the squad last month yet to report for duty is Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn who is still engaged in the Top 14 playoffs with Toulouse.

Jamie George and Asher Opoku-Fordjour will train with the Lions on Monday before returning to their clubs.

Players joining the Lions squad on Monday

Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers/England), Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #839, Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #818, Ronan Kelleher (Leinster Rugby/Ireland), Joe McCarthy (Leinster Rugby/Ireland), Andrew Porter (Leinster Rugby/Ireland), James Ryan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland), Dan Sheehan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) Will Stuart (Bath Rugby/England), Josh van der Flier (Leinster Rugby/Ireland), Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster Rugby/Ireland), Hugo Keenan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland), James Lowe (Leinster Rugby/Ireland), Garry Ringrose (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) and Finn Russell (Bath Rugby/Scotland) #835.