VIDEO. Stade Toulousain: knee splint, announces live… The brilliant video of Blair Kinghorn who learns his selection with the British Lions

Shared emotions this Thursday, May 8 on the side of the Toulouse stadium. While the list of British and Irish lions selected for the 2025 tour was unveiled, only one top 14 player is there. However, on the side of the club “Rouge et Noir”, two players were applying to appear there: the third English line Jack Willis, not eligible for the XV of the rose, and the back/winger Blair Kinghorn, executive of the Scottish team.

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If Mathis Castro-Ferreira hoped to see the name of his third line teammate appear, Jack Willis was not summoned for this gathering, unlike Blair Kinghorn, however injured in the knee for several weeks. “If Toulouse manages to qualify for the final (Top 14, scheduled for Saturday, June 28, editor’s note), he will come after” said coach Andy Farrell about the 28 -year -old.

Three games against Australia

On social networks, Dina Celina, a companion of Blair Kinghorn, disseminated exclusively the moment when the Scottish learned his first summons with the legendary British and Irish lions. We see the Toulouse stadium player there, a right knee, stressed and then exulted in the middle of his living room with his partner and his dog.

While the Lions Australia tour will start on June 9, Blair Kinghorn could benefit from an exemption in order to compete in the Top 14 final stages with his club. As Andy Farrell pointed out, the Toulousain could therefore not reach Oceania until the beginning of July according to the results of the reigning French champion. Ten games are on the program of the Lions tour between June 28 and August 2, with three tests against Australia, including one in the legendary Melbourne Cricket Ground and its 100,024 places.