‘A liability’, ‘the aura’ & ‘a phenomenon’ – the big Lions calls

The action is over, the auditions are done.

Last weekend’s European semi-finals were the final chance for British and Irish Lions contenders to sway head coach Andy Farrell their way.

On Thursday, the talking finishes too.

Back in March, Farrell said he had a list of about 75 potential tourists.

When he announces his squad for Australia this summer, he and his coaches will have boiled that group down to about 37 players.

The squad has been debated for months and will continue to be after Wales and Lions legend Ieuan Evans reads out the names of the chosen few from 14:00 BST on Thursday at the O2 arena.

Here are some of the hottest pre-announcement topics chewed over by BBC Sport’s team of pundits.