Former England scrum-half Danny Care has hit out at the selection of the foreign-born players for the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.<\/b><\/p>\n
Andy Farrell has picked several individuals who were born and raised in the southern hemisphere but qualified for their respective national teams through World Rugby\u2019s eligibility laws.<\/p>\n
Key Ireland<\/a> players Bundee Aki, Jamison Gibson-Park and James Lowe all dreamt of being All Blacks before heading to Europe and qualifying via residency.<\/p>\n Scotland\u2019s South African-born wing Duhan van der Merwe also went down that path, moving to Edinburgh in 2017 and eventually becoming eligible for the country.<\/p>\n Could feature in the Lions XV<\/p>\n They have all been picked in Andy Farrell\u2019s squad for the trip down under and are among the favourites to be selected in the XV for the Test matches.<\/p>\n Another Ireland player, Mack Hansen, qualified through his Cork-born mother, while Scotland\u2019s Sione Tuipulotu has a grandmother from Greenock which enabled him to represent Gregor Townsend\u2019s side.<\/p>\n And following the arrival of Finlay Bealham, who was born and raised in Australia, Care has questioned the inclusion of those players in the Lions<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n \u201cWhatever I say here, you\u2019re going to get stick. You open yourself up to it,\u201d he told the BBC Rugby Union Weekly podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t sit that well with me that some of these\u2026 both your starting wingers are going to be lads that never, ever once in their childhood or even their mid-20s ever dreamt of wearing a red Lions jersey.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is what it is, it\u2019s the rules, and why not. If you\u2019re James Lowe or you\u2019re Duhan van der Merwe or you\u2019re [Jamison] Gibson-Park, you go, \u2018oh, I\u2019ll play for the Lions, yeah.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not going to change it, but it just doesn\u2019t\u2026 I think there\u2019s a lot of people that feel the same but can\u2019t say it.\u201d<\/p>\n