List of uncapped British & Irish Lions rugby union players

As of 26 June 2017, a total of 165 players uncapped players have made an appearance for the British and Irish Lions, a rugby union team selected from players eligible for any of the Home Nations – the national sides of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Lions generally select international players, but they can pick uncapped players available to any one of the four unions.

The 165 uncapped players represent approximately 20% of the 835 players who have made an appearance for the Lions. Of the 165 players these 41 were later capped by their national side while 124 were never capped. The most recent uncapped player was Will Greenwood who toured South Africa with the Lions in 1997 before getting his first cap for England later that year. The most recent uncapped player for the Lions who was never capped for his national team was Alun Lewis, who featured on the 1977 Lions tour to New Zealand.

The following is a list of rugby union players who have played for the British and Irish Lions but were never capped for their own countries or adopted countries. Where the country of origin of the player is not known, he is identified by the country of his club. By far the majority of the players on this list seem to originate from England. Players who took part in tours to Argentina are italicised.


Name	Tour	Country of Origin^[1]	Club	Test Matches played for Lions
A'BearJohn Gordon A'Bear	1936 Argentina	England	Gloucester
AdamsonCharlie Adamson	1899 Australia	England	Durham
AllenArthur Douglas Allen	1927 Argentina	England	Cambridge University
AndertonJack Anderton	1888 NZ and Australia	England	Salford^[2]
AshbyJ.F. Ashby	1910 Argentina	Unknown	Cheshire
AshbyWilliam Joseph Ashby	1910 South Africa	Ireland	Queen's College
Ayre-SmithAlan Ayre-Smith	1899 Australia	England	Guy's Hospital
BanksTom Banks	1888 NZ and Australia	England	Swinton^[3]
BellSydney Pyman Bell	1896 South Africa	England	Cambridge University
BelsonFrederick Belson	1899 Australia	England	Abergavenny, Bristol
BonnerWilliam Gordon MacGregor Bonner	1930 NZ & Australia	England		Bradford
BordassJames Bordass	1924 South Africa	England	Cambridge University
BrettJohn Brett	1936 Argentina	England	Oxford University
BrometEdward Bromet	1891 South Africa	England	Cambridge University
BrooksHerbert Brooks	1888 NZ and Australia	England/ Scotland	Durham, Edinburgh University
BrownH. John C. Brown	1962 South Africa	England	Blackheath & RAF
BumbyWalter Bumby	1888 NZ and Australia	England	Swinton^[3]
BurnetBob Burnet	1888 NZ and Australia	Scotland	Hawick
BurnetWillie Burnet	1888 NZ and Australia	Scotland	Hawick
CareyWalter Carey	1896 South Africa	England	Oxford University
ChadwickOwen Chadwick	1936 Argentina^[4]	England	Cambridge University
ClowesJ. "Jack" P. Clowes	1888 NZ and Australia	England	Halifax^[5]
CoghlanGranville Coghlan	1927 Argentina	England	Cambridge University
CollettGilbert Collett	1903 South Africa	England	Oxford University
CooksonGeorge Cookson	1899 Australia	England	Manchester
CouchmanStanley Couchman	1938 South Africa	England	Old Cranleighans
CreanEdward Crean	1910 South Africa	England	Liverpool
CrowtherSidney Nelson Crowther	1902 Australia and NZ	England	Lennox
DancerGerald Thomas "Beef" Dancer	1938 South Africa	England	Bedford
DigglePercy Robert Diggle	1910 Argentina	England	Oxford University Cumberland
EaglesHarry Eagles	1888 NZ and Australia	England	Salford^[2]
EversGuy Evers	1899 Australia	England	Moseley
FisherJ.L. Fisher	1904 Australia & NZ	England	Hull and East Riding
FrancombJohn Francomb	1899 Australia	England	Manchester, Oxford University
FraserH.J. Fraser	1910 Argentina	Unknown
FraserWilliam Lovat Fraser	1910 Argentina	Scotland	Merchistonians
FullerEdward Newman Fuller	1910 Argentina	England	Cambridge University, Old Merchant Taylors
GaisfordW.F. Gaisford	1924 South Africa	England	St Barts
GouldJohn Harding Gould	1891 South Africa	England	Old Leysians
GrayH.G.S. Gray	1899 Australia	Scotland	Coventry
GreenR.K. Green	1908 NZ and Australia	Wales	Neath
GriffithsRowland Griffiths	1908 NZ and Australia	Wales	Newport
GubbThomas Gubb	1927 Argentina	South Africa	Oxford University
HalsamJ.T. Haslam	1888 NZ and Australia	England	Halsam
HammondJohnny Hammond	1891 South Africa & 1896 South Africa	England	Cambridge University, Blackheath
HarrisonEdward Montague Harrison	1903 South Africa	England	Guy's Hospital, Middlesex
HarrisonRobin Harrison	1910 Argentina	England	Northampton
HobbsPeter Hobbs	1936 Argentina	England	Richmond
HordernPeter Hordern	1936 Argentina	England	Gloucester
HosackJ.C. Hosack	1903 South Africa	Scotland	Edinburgh Wanderers^[6]
HowardBill Howard	1938 South Africa	England	Old Birkonians
HumphreysNoel Forbes Humphreys	1910 South Africa	Wales	Tynedale
HuntingfordWalter Legh Huntingford	1910 Argentina	England	United Services, Blackheath
IsherwoodG.A.M. Isherwood	1910 South Africa	England	Cheshire
JacksonFrederick Stanley Jackson	1908 NZ and Australia^[7]	England	Camborne, Leicester
JenningsRoy Jennings	1930 NZ & Australia	England	Redruth
JudkinsWilliam Judkins	1899 Australia	England	Coventry
KyrkeGerald Kyrke	1908 NZ and Australia	England	Marlborough Nomads
LaingA.J. Laing	1888 NZ and Australia	Scotland	Hawick
LaxonHerbert Laxon	1908 NZ and Australia	England	Cambridge University
LeeG.W. Lee	1896 South Africa	England	Rockcliff
LewisAlun Lewis	1977 New Zealand	Wales	Cambridge University & London Welsh
McEvedyPatrick Francis McEvedy	1904 Australia & NZ & 1908 Australia & NZ	New Zealand	Guy's Hospital
McIlwaineGeorge Arthren McIlwaine	1927 Argentina	South Africa	Cambridge University
MageeJames Magee	1896 South Africa^[8]	Ireland	Bective Rangers
MalfroyJules Malfroy	1927 Argentina	New Zealand	Cambridge University
MartelliEsmond Martelli	1899 Australia	Ireland	Dublin University
MasseyBurnett Staveley Massey	1904 Australia & NZ	England	Hull and East Riding
MathersCharlie Mathers	1888 NZ and Australia	England	Bramley
MaxwellReginald "Reg" Bellamy Maxwell	1924 South Africa	England	Birkenhead Park
MayfieldEdwin Mayfield	1891 South Africa	England	Cambridge University
MilnesS.H. Milnes	1910 Argentina	Unknown
MollJ. S. Moll	1936 Argentina	England	Lloyds Bank
MonksHarold Gordon Monks	1910 Argentina	England	Liverpool Old Boys, Wigan RFC
MoranGeorge J. Morgan	1938 South Africa	Ireland	Clontarf
MullineuxMatthew Mullineux	1896 South Africa & 1899 Australia^[9]	England	Blackheath
MullinsCuth Mullins	1896 South Africa	Cape Colony (South Africa)	Guy's Hospital
NolanJohnny Nolan	1888 NZ and Australia	England	Rochdale Hornets
O'BrienArthur O'Brien	1902 Australia and NZ	New Zealand	Guy's Hospital
PattersonC.D. Patterson	1904 Australia & NZ	Ireland	Malone
PaulA.G. Paul	1888 NZ and Australia	Ireland	Swinton^[3]
PenkethA.P. Penketh	1888 NZ and Australia	Isle of Man	Douglas R.U.F.C.
PikeTheodore Pike	1927 Argentina	Ireland
PooleHoward Poole	1930 NZ & Australia	Wales	Cardiff
PrattenDenis Pratten	1936 Argentina	England	Blackheath
PurchasGriff Purchas	1938 South Africa	England	Coventry
RichardsT.J. Richards	1910 South Africa	Ireland	Bristol
RobertsonWilliam Albert Robertson	1910 South Africa	Scotland	Edinburgh University^[6]
RobinsonC.O. Robinson	1896 South Africa	England	Northumberland
RogersRonald Joseph Rogers	1904 Australia & NZ	England	Bath
RoscoeB.G. Roscoe	1891 South Africa	England	Lancashire
SaundersStuart MacKenzie Saunders	1904 Australia & NZ	England	Guy's Hospital
SharlandJ.T. Sharland	1904 Australia & NZ	England	Streatham
SimpsonClement Pearson Simpson	1891 South Africa	England	Cambridge University
SmithJohn Smith	1888 NZ and Australia	Scotland	Edinburgh University^[6]
SmithStanley Herbert Smith	1910 Argentina	England	Cumberland
SmithThomas William Smith	1908 NZ and Australia	England	Leicester
SmytheAF Hamilton Smythe	1927 Argentina	England
SpeakmanHarry Speakman	1888 NZ and Australia	England
SpoorsJack Spoors	1910 South Africa	England	Bristol
StranachWhalley Stranach	1910 Argentina	England	Guy's Hospital, Kent
StrangPeter Denny Strang	1910 Argentina	England	Old Merchant Taylors
SurteesAubone Surtees	1891 South Africa	England	Harlequins
ThomasLen Thomas	1908 NZ and Australia	Wales	Penarth
ThompsonCharles Thompson	1899 Australia	England	Manchester
ThomsonRobert Thompson	1891 South Africa	Ireland
ThormanWilliam Henry Thorman	1891 South Africa	England	St Thomas' Hospital
TimmsCharles Gordon Timms	1910 South Africa	Scotland	Edinburgh University^[6]
TrailDavid Trail	1902 Australia and NZ	England	Guy's Hospital
TroupDonald Troup	1927 Argentina	Scotland	Oxford University
TweedMartin Tweed	1910 Argentina	England	Guy's Hospital
UrenHarold Uren	1936 Argentina	England	Waterloo
WaddellR.B. Waddell	1910 Argentina	Scotland	Glasgow Academicals
WakefieldRoger Cuthbert Wakefield	1927 Argentina	England	Cambridge University, Harlequins
WalkerEdward Forbes Walker	1903 South Africa	England	Lennox
WallaceWilliam "Bill" Wallace	1924 South Africa	England	Percy Park
WardH.E. Ward	1910 Argentina	Unknown	Harlequins, Middlesex
WhittakerThomas Sherren Whittaker	1891 South Africa	England	Manchester
WilliamsG.L. Williams	1908 NZ and Australia	Unknown	Liverpool
WilliamsIvor Williams	1938 South Africa	Wales	Cardiff
WilliamsSam Williams	1888 NZ and Australia	England
WoodKenneth Berridge Wood	1910 South Africa	England	Leicester Tigers	2
WhiteheadHenry Whitehead	1910 Argentina	England	Manchester AC, Lancashire

Sources

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
espnscrum.com

References

^ Or country of club if unknown.
^ ^a ^b Salford later became a rugby league club.
^ ^a ^b ^c Swinton later became a rugby league club.
^ Also a notable academic.
^ Halifax later became a rugby league club.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bath, p117
^ Jackson was capped by New Zealand, but in rugby league.
^ Magee was capped for Ireland at cricket.
^ Captained the 1899 tour to Australia.

[1] Or country of club if unknown.

[ReferenceA-2] Salford later became a rugby league club.

[ReferenceB-3] Swinton later became a rugby league club.

[4] Also a notable academic.

[ReferenceC-5] Halifax later became a rugby league club.

[Bath1-6] Bath, p117

[7] Jackson was capped by New Zealand, but in rugby league.

[8] Magee was capped for Ireland at cricket.

[9] Captained the 1899 tour to Australia.

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