Lions hopeful George falls foul of Farrell axe

JAMIE GEORGE has had his Lions dream put on hold after being released from the tourists’ squad.

- by ADAM HATHAWAY

Hooker George (right) and Sale prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour have been in Portugal and Dublin helping Andy Farrell's party prepare for Friday's clash with Argentina.

With Bath, Leicester and Leinster players unavailable until yesterday after being in domestic finals at the weekend, Farrell was short of bodies for training and called up the England duo as stop-gaps.