David Wallace

Ireland (Munster)

Became the third member of the Wallace family, behind brothers Richard and Paul to be capped for Ireland and the Lions when he was honoured as a replacement in 2001.

He played only seven times between the summers of 2003 and 2005 for Ireland but on the back of Munster's 2006 Heineken Cup triumph he's kept a firm grip on the number seven jersey.

He's been exceptional for province and country this season. Extremely quick, he is a powerful ball carrier and a great defender and could play any one of the three back row positions in the test series.

As with so many of his team-mates, was well short of his best against the Royal XV and will be eager to set the record straight as the tour progresses.

Wallace was replaced by his Ireland team-mate Stephen Ferris after 48 minutes against the Golden Lions.

Age: 30

Position: Back row

Height: 6ft 2in (1.88m)

Weight: 16st 3lb (103kg)

Ireland Caps: 55

Lions Caps: 9

Photograph by: Inpho

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