Injuries.

Well some more bad luck for the lions, with injuries to Lee Halfpenny (Wing) and Jerry Flannery (Hooker). We now know Alan Quinlan will not make the tour and his place has been taken by Tom Croft, who would have been one of my tour selections. But who is going to take Lee's and Jerry's place.

For me James Simpson Daniel for Lee on the wing, Sinbad can also slip in at Centre. And for Jerry I would take Dylan Hartley. But I know that will not happen, I'm not sure if Sinbad is over his latest injury, as he is not selected to play for either of the England squads for the Churchill Cup and the two test against the Argentinians, and Dylan will not be selected because of his temperment.

Most likely to go will be Delon Armitage for Lee, not sure about the hooker position.

The new Scrum Half and Flanker.

Well it's congratulations to Mike Blair who has taken Tomas O'Leary's place as Scrum Half. Well done, but not my choice.

The next Question is who will take Alan Quinlan's place on the tour. My choice is Tom Croft. But who else will the selectors be looking at?

Our thoughts go out to Tom Shanklin, who was injured playing for the Cardiff Blues, and may be out for the rest of the season, so who will take his place.

Tom Evans, Mark Evans, Matthew Tait, Mike Tindall, Gavin Henson. Worth debate.

Also what will happen to Alan Quinlan, will he be sited, if so he could miss the tour, so who will take his place.

Tom Croft, Ryan Jones, Shane Jennings maybe.

The Tour of the British and Irish Lions 2009.

The first match is against a provincial side.

Saturday the 30th May 15:00 The British and Irish Lions V Highveld XV at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Rustenburg, which has a capacity of 38,000.

Wednesday the 3rd of June 19:10 The British and Irish Lions V The Golden Lions at the Coca Cola Park (Formally Ellis Park) in Johannesburg home of the Golden Lions Super 14 side, capacity 60,000.

Saturday 6th June 15:00 The British and Irish Lions V The Cheetahs at the Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein, home of the Super 14 side The Cheetahs, capacity 36,000.

Wednesday 10th June 19:10 The British and Irish Lions V The Sharks at ASBA Park (formally Kings Park) in Durban home to the Super 14 side The Sharks, current capacity 52,000 increasing to 60,000 ready for the football World cup.

Saturday 13th June 15:00 The British and Irish Lions V Western Province at Newlands in Cape Town, capacity 51,000.

Tuesday 16th June 15:00 The British and Irish Lions V Coastal XV at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, capacity 50,000.

Saturday 20th June 15:00 The British and Irish Lions V South Africa 1st Test at the ASBA Park Stadium in Durban.

Tuesday 23rd June 19:10 The British and Irish Lions V Emerging Springboks at Newlands, Cape Town.

Saturday 27th June 15:00 15:00 The British and Irish Lions V South Africa 2nd Test at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, capacity 45,000.

Saturday 4th July 15:00 The British and Irish Lions V South Africa 3rd Test back at the Coca Cola Park in Johannesburg.