19-05-2025
Henry Pollock meets his match at British & Irish Lions get together
The British & Irish Lions met for the first time on Sunday in a blur of kit fittings, sponsor appearances and flat white coffees.
Having been selected for the touring party on May 8, Andy Farrell's chosen 38 men met at Richmond Hill on Sunday morning, bar Marcus Smith, who joined up in the evening after playing for Harlequins against Exeter Chiefs down the road at Twickenham, and Jac Morgan, who was returning from Ospreys' trip to South Africa.
The Scotland full back Blair Kinghorn, minus his knee brace, came in from Toulouse, while the Northampton Saints four of Tommy Freeman, Alex Mitchell, Fin Smith and Henry Pollock shared a taxi and arrived together, to be met by the 12 Leinstermen they had humbled in
