| Gavin Henson Shane Williams and Ryan Jones of the Ospreys, Munster’s Donncha O'Callaghan and Scarlets skipper and Irish test player Simon Easterby have all been called into the side where they will join fellow Celtic League players Dwayne Peel, Gethin Jenkins and Paul O’Connell.
Toulouse based Welshman Gareth Thomas, who skippers the side in the absence on injured Brian O’Driscoll, brings the Celtic connection to nine for the crunch game in Wellington. There are also three Celtic League players ( Shane Byrne, Martyn Williams and Shane Horgan) on the bench along with another French based Welshman, Steven Jones
Lions side:
J Lewsey (Wasps and England); J Robinson (Sale and England), G Thomas (Toulouse and Wales, capt), G Henson (Neath-Swansea Ospreys and Wales), S Williams (Neath-Swansea Ospreys and Wales); J Wilkinson (Newcastle and England), D Peel (Llanelli Scarlets and Wales); G Jenkins (Cardiff Blues and Wales), S Thompson (Northampton and England), J White (Leicester and England), P O'Connell (Munster and Ireland), D O'Callaghan (Munster and Ireland), S Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets and Ireland), L Moody (Leicester and England), R Jones (Neath-Swansea Ospreys and Wales).
Replacements: S Byrne (Leinster and Ireland), G Rowntree (Leicester and England), M Corry (Leicester and England), M Williams (Cardiff Blues and Wales), M Dawson (Wasps and England), S Jones (Clermont Auvergne and Wales), S Horgan (Leinster and Ireland).
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