The British & Irish Lions management have given an early indiction that the tourists' Test squad could be stacked with Leicester Tigers players.
Head coach Warren Gatland has named five Tigers in his 23-man squad to face the New South Wales Waratahs tomorrow.
Only centre Manu Tuilagi misses out and he is being rested to give his injured shoulder time to fully heal.
The clash with the Sydney-based Super 15 team represents the tourists' penultimate warm-up match before the three-Test series against the Wallabies kicks off on June 22.
And this fixture is traditionally a time when a Lions coach puts out his probable Test team to give them a full week to recover for the business end of the tour, with their final warm-up game coming next Tuesday against the Brumbies in Canberra.
If that is the case, it means all six Leicester players are very much in Gatland's plans.
Tomorrow's game sees Tom Youngs start at hooker and Tom Croft at blind-side flanker in a pack that looks very much like the one that many people would tip to start a week tomorrow.
On the bench are lock Geoff Parling, scrum-half Ben Youngs and prop Dan Cole.
Speaking after his selection, Gatland admitted that tomorrow's team was picked with one eye on the following week with the likes of Brian O'Driscoll and George North both rested for the Waratahs as they nurse slight knocks.
"These players have got an opportunity tomorrow," said Gatland.
"We've got a few knocks in the backs at the moment so we need to make sure that we rest a few players. The whole priority is making sure that we arrive in Brisbane a week tomorrow fresh and ready to go.
"We are still looking at combinations and the Test team will not be selected until after Tuesday."
The Lions look like they will up against a strong Waratahs side for their first game against the tourists since an explosive 41-24 defeat in 2001.
Wallabies head coach Robbie Deans has released two potential Test starters for the game in the form of back-rower Dave Dennis and centre Rob Horne.
And that news is a second major boost in 24 hours for Waratahs head coach Michael Cheika, who yesterday confirmed that first-choice fly-half Bernard Foley and reserve scrum-half Matt Lucas would also be available for selection after they were given special dispensation for a temporary release from the Australia Sevens squad.
The Tahs will still be missing the likes of flanker Michael Hooper, fly-half Berrick Barnes and back Adam Ashley-Cooper for the game at a sold-out Alliance Stadium.
Lions: Halfpenny, Maitland, Davies, Roberts, Zebo, Sexton, Phillips; Vunipola, T Youngs, A Jones, A W Jones, O'Connell, Croft, Warburton (c), Heaslip.
Reps: Hibbard, Corbisiero, Cole, Parling, Lydiate, B Youngs, Farrell, Kearney.
