
It won't be long until the Lions squad depart for their summer tour of New Zealand, and there's still the possibility of some names being added to the plane.
In what would be seen as a huge blow for coach Warren Gatland's plans, Captain Sam Warburton is still injured and faces a race against time to be fit.
Inevitably, more could follow as we reach the climax of the Guinness PRO12 and Aviva Premiership seasons.
The Lions squad will link up at Carton House next week, and while Gatland hopes he'll have no more set-back's, he's identified up to 15 players could be added to a reserve list.
Gatland name dropped Leinster center Garry Ringrose as one of the players he might opt to take along - it was his exclusion from the original squad, that had most people talking.
Speaking ahead of Leinster's PRO12 semi-final against Scarlets at the RDS this weekend, Ringrose himself wasn't being drawn on the speculation that his summer destination could still well be in New Zealand, as opposed to Ireland's summer tour of Japan and the US.
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"Someone had said it to me this morning and slagging me about it." Ringrose said.
"I don't know what was or wasn't said, but I think you can't pick a squad, outside of a squad that's already named.
"There's so many permutations and changes in form and injuries that might happen between now and then, so he doesn't know who he's going to be calling upon."
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