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IRFU Quick To Correct Major BT Sport Error About Irish Rugby

IRFU Quick To Correct Major BT Sport Error About Irish Rugby
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On Wednesday afternoon, Warren Gatland named his 41-man Lions squad for the tour of New Zealand.

The squad is broken down into 16 players from England, 12 from Wales, 11 from Ireland and two from Scotland.

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In their attempt to graphically display this breakdown, BT Sport made a major error.

They did not take into account that the IRFU governs rugby on the island of Ireland, not just Northern Ireland as their graphic showed.

This was a fact which the IRFU Twitter account was quick to point out.

BT Sport swiftly removed the graphic after their error was highlighted.


Watch: Brian O'Driscoll Reacts To Warren Gatland's 41-Man Lions Squad

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