15 Ireland players named in Lions squad with Caelan Doris missing out

A hefty number of Irish players

Andy Farrell has named his squad for the 2025 Lions tour to Australia.

15 Ireland players have made the final cut, while Caelan Doris has cruelly missed out after picking up an injury in Leinster's loss to Northampton at the weekend.

The number eight had been favourite to captain the squad, with England's Maro Itoje taking that mantle.

The full breakdown of the squad is as follows: 15 Ireland, 13 England, 8 Scotland, 2 Wales.

2025 Lions squad:

Props: Andrew Porter (Ireland), Ellis Genge (England), Pierre Schoeman (Scotland), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Will Stuart (England), Zander Fagerson (Scotland)

Hooker: Dan Sheehan (Ireland), Rónan Kelleher (Ireland), Luke Cowan-Dickie (England)

Lock: Tadhg Beirne (Ireland), Maro Itoje (England), James Ryan (Ireland), Scott Cummings (Scotland), Joe McCarthy (Ireland), Ollie Chessum (England)

Back row: Jack Conan (Ireland), Ben Earl (England), Henry Pollock (England), Jac Morgan (Wales), Josh van der Flier (Ireland), Tom Curry (England)

Scrum-half: Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland), Alex Mitchell (England), Tomos Williams (Wales)

Out-half: Finn Russell (Scotland), Fin Smith (England), Marcus Smith (England)

Centre: Garry Ringrose (Ireland), Sione Tuipulotu (Scotland), Huw Jones (Scotland), Bundee Aki (Ireland)

Wing: Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland), James Lowe (Ireland), Mack Hansen (Ireland), Tommy Freeman (England), Elliot Daly (England)

Fullback: Hugo Keenan (Ireland), Blair Kinghorn (Scotland)

Lions tour 2025 fixtures: