The Leinster centre is one of 21 Celtic League players who have been included in the squad, with ten players from Irish sides, eight from Welsh sides and three from Scotland.
The Celtic League Lions are:
Gordon Bulloch (Glasgow)
Shane Byrne (Leinster)
Gareth Cooper (Dragons)
Chris Cusiter (Borders)
Gordon D’Arcy (Leinster)
John Hayes (Munster)
Gavin Henson (Ospreys)
Denis Hickie (Leinster)
Shane Horgan (Leinster)
Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)
Donnacha O'Callaghan (Munster)
Paul O’Connell( Munster)
Brian O’Driscoll (Leinster)
Ronan O’Gara (Munster)
Malcolm O’Kelly (Leinster)
Michael Owen (Dragons)
Dwayne Peel (Scarlets)
Tom Shanklin (Cardiff Blues)
Simon Taylor (Edinburgh)
Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues)
Shane Williams (Ospreys)
LIONS ITINERARY
(all kick-off times BST)
May 23 - Argentina, warm-up match (Cardiff, 1945)
June 4 - Bay of Plenty (Rotorua, 0810)
June 8 - Taranaki (New Plymouth, 0810)
June 11 - New Zealand Maori (Hamilton, 0810)
June 15 - Wellington (Wellington, 0810)
June 18 - Otago (Dunedin, 0810)
June 21 - Southland (Invercargill, 0810)
June 25 - NEW ZEALAND (first Test, Christchurch, 0810)
June 28 - Manawatu (Palmerston North, 0810)
July 2 - NEW ZEALAND (second Test, Wellington, 0810)
July 5 - Auckland (Auckland, 0810)
July 9 - NEW ZEALAND (third Test, Auckland, 0810)
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