Irish rugby fans have been left furious by Lions coach Warren Gatland's decision to leave out of his 37-man squad for this summer's tour of . Gatland announced his touring party for the three-match Test series against the Springboks this summer on Thursday with Wales veteran named as captain.Among the most contentious decisions was for Gatland to leave out experienced Irish fly-half Sexton, in favour of Scotland's , as well as England prop Kyle Sinckler. Warren Gatland announced his 37-man squad to take on South Africa later this summer and it has caused huge controversy among fans Gatland was accused of 'raising two fingers to Ireland' after snubbing fly half Johnny Sexton Fans were delighted by the inclusion of Sam Simmonds, who has been overlooked by England RELATED ARTICLES   
  
  
  
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Fans accused the New Zealander of deliberately not picking Irish players after he was sacked as Ireland coach in 2001Sexton, who has been involved in the last two Lions series under Gatland, finished this year's Six Nations strongly with Ireland but has suffered ongoing concussion problems since. Irish fans felt particularly aggrieved with James Ryan and Garry Ringrose also missing out.But it was the decision to leave Sexton at home that caused most uproar and some fans even accused the New Zealand-born coach of deliberately not picking Irish players after he was sacked by the IRFU in 2001.@mickmuldoon posted: 우리카지노계열 'Gatland continues to raise 2 fingers to Ireland, sm카지노총판 some 20 years later.  
  
I bet that ladder had Irish steel in it,' referring to an incident where Gatland broke both of his leg after falling off a ladder in 2012.@SilianGrail agrred, posting: 'Gatland has never forgiven Ireland for being sacked by the IRFU', while @donaghbarry added: 우리카지노쿠폰 'Gatland 솔카지노 still hasn't forgiven Ireland has he'.Another fan simply wrote: 'Wow.  
No Johnny Sexton.''Easy knowing there wasn't any Irish man on the lions committee,' added another unhappy Irish supporter.@Dan23_92 tweeted: 'From an Irish point of view no Sexton or Ryan is a surprise and not something I agree with.' @Joe_OShea25 commented: 'Gutted for Sexton to miss out.  
  
I understand why with his durability in question but gutted. 'Thought he performed as well as any 10 in the Six Nations. Criminally underrated this year'. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox sport floatRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-da52d190-ae66-11eb-8369-afc331ee37cc" website fans accuse Warren Gatland of &apos;raising two fingers to Ireland&apos;