Leicester Tigers will have just one representative in the starting line-up for the final British & Irish Lions Test in Sydney on Saturday.
Lock-forward Geoff Parling is the lone Tiger in a controversial team that has resulted in a barrage of criticism for head coach Warren Gatland.
Tom Youngs, Dan Cole and Manu Tuilagi are on the bench, but fellow Tigers Ben Youngs and Tom Croft have been dropped from the 23-man squad altogether.
Tuilagi has been left out of the starting XV despite the Lions failing to make a single line break in the second Test, while Croft is not in the squad despite the tourists lacking options in the line-out.
The talismanic figure of Irish legend Brian O'Driscoll has also suffered the same fate as Croft.
Gatland has made six changes to the side that narrowly lost the second Test in Melbourne.
And there are plenty of dissenting voices after the Wales head coach picked 10 Welshmen in his starting XV for the do-or-die fixture.
That selection equals the record number of Welshmen in a Lions starting XV, set in the first Test against Australia in 1950.
Former Tigers and Lions back Austin Healey took to Twitter to voice his displeasure.
"So Wales v Australia it is then – hope this rain stops, the grass needs cutting Saturday morning."
Another former Lion, scrum-half Matt Dawson, tweeted: "The simple fact is, if they don't win decent set piece (ball), we are screwed!"
Plenty of pundits also voiced their concerns over the controversial omission of O'Driscoll.
The BBC Five Live radio correspondent, Ian Robertson, said it was a "catastrophic" decision, adding: "He's still one of the top centres in world rugby. He's a fantastic guy, has been on four tours and knows it all inside out. It's a massive mistake."
Former Ireland hooker Keith Wood added to the criticism by saying that Gatland has "made a terrible mistake".
"He has picked a team that will play a style of rugby that he wants," said Wood. "I think that misses what the Lions are about.
"It's about getting the best out of these players and this side is low on subtlety. We are not seeing the blend of four teams and that is what the Lions is all about.
"I am totally at a loss. There is very little guile in the team."
This will be the third successive Lions tour to Australia that has ended in an all-or-nothing decisive third Test.
The Lions won 19-18 in Sydney to sneak the 1989 series, but were beaten 29-23 on their most recent tour in 2001.
Lions: Halfpenny, Bowe, Davies, Roberts, North; Sexton, Phillips; Corbisiero, Hibbard, A Jones, AW Jones, Parling, Lydiate, O'Brien, Faletau. Reps: T Youngs, Vunipola, Cole, Gray, Tipuric, Murray, Farrell, Tuilagi.
