Lions head coach Andy Farrell has turned to three of his assistants from the Irish set-up, Simon Easterby, Andrew Goodman and John Fogarty, to form the spine of his coaching team for the tour to Australia.
As first revealed by Telegraph Sport, Farrell wanted to rely upon his tried-and-trusted lieutenants, however he has added England senior coach Richard Wigglesworth and Scotland forwards coach John Dalziel to complete his ticket.
Easterby, who has been acting as stand-in for Farrell as Ireland head coach, will lead the defence, Fogarty the scrum and the relatively unheralded Dalziel will take charge of the line-out.