Only two Wales players are odds-on to make the Lions squad on Thursday, in the view of Welsh bookmakers, DragonBet.
They make Wales captain Jac Morgan and Gloucester scrum-half Tomos Williams more than likely to make the trip to Australia.
But every other Welsh player is ranked as an outsider, including three-times Lions tourist, Taulupe Faletau.
Morgan is the hottest favourite with the bookmaker, who make the Ospreys back rower 1/8 to be included in Andy Farrell’s British and Irish Lions squad when it is named on Thursday afternoon in London.
Then, comes Williams as the other short-odds selection at 5/6.
Faletau is rated no better than an 11/8 shot, followed by Exeter second row Dafydd Jenkins (2/1), Ospreys hooker Dewi Lake (5/2) and Leicester prop Nicky Smith (5/2).
DragonBet also reckon the most likely representation in the widely assumed 37-man squad is between just two and four Welsh players.
A three-man Welsh group is considered the most anticipated at odds of 11/8.
Parties of two or four Welsh players are priced at 10/3.
If you’re feeling really pessimistic about Welsh chances, then you could back an outcome of no Welsh players at all in the squad, at 33/1.
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DragonBet director James Lovell said: “Welsh fans have always held a massive interest in the Lions and this year won’t be any different.
“But we are expecting a very small number of Welsh players making the squad, which just reflects results and performances over the past year or so.
“Everyone thinks Jac Morgan will make it and so do we, but it will be a huge change from the last few tours when Wales had big numbers.
“One thing won’t change, though – and that’s interest in the Lions among Welsh fans. They’re always invested in the Lions doing well, whoever gets picked.”
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Odds on Welsh players making the Lions squad:
1/8 - Jac Morgan
5/6 – Tomos Williams
11/8 - Taulupe Faletau
2/1 - Dafydd Jenkins
5/2 - Dewi Lake, Nicky Smith
12/1 – Blair Murray
25/1 – Aaron Wainwright, Tommy Reffell, Will Griff John
40/1 – Max Llewellyn, Nick Tompkins
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