WARRIORS Ben Te’o has been named in Warren Gatland’s Lions squad to tour New Zealand this summer.
The Worcester centre made his England debut under Eddie Jones in the Autumn Internationals and also impressed in England’s RBS 6 Nations campaign.
The British and Irish Lions 2017 squad:
Forwards:
Rory Best (Ireland), Dan Cole (England), Taulupe Faletau (Wales), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Jamie George (England), Iain Henderson (Ireland), Maro Itoje (England), Alun Wyn Jones (Wales), George Kruis (England), Courtney Lawes (England), Joe Marler (England), Jack McGrath (Ireland), Ross Moriarty (Wales), Sean O’Brien (Ireland), Peter O’Mahony (Ireland), Ken Owens (Wales), Kyle Sinckler (England), CJ Stander (Ireland), Justin Tipuric (Wales), Billy Vunipola (England), Mako Vunipola (England), Sam Warburton (Wales)
Backs:
Dan Biggar (Wales), Elliot Daly (England), Jonathan Davies (Wales), Owen Farrell (England), Leigh Halfpenny (Wales), Robbie Henshaw (Ireland), Stuart Hogg (Scotland), Jonathan Joseph (England), Conor Murray (Ireland), George North (Wales), Jack Nowell (England), Jared Payne (Ireland), Jonathan Sexton (Ireland), Tommy Seymour (Scotland), Ben Te’o (England), Anthony Watson (England), Rhys Webb (Wales), Liam Williams (Wales), Ben Youngs (England)
Tour schedule:
3 June: New Zealand Barbarians
7 June: Blues
10 June: Crusaders
13 June: Highlanders
17 June: Maori All Blacks
20 June: Chiefs
24 June: New Zealand – First Test
27 June: Hurricanes
1 July: New Zealand – Second Test
8 July: New Zealand – Third Test