Sam Warburton will captain the British and Irish Lions on their 10-match tour of New Zealand, leading a 41-man squad that does not include England forwards Dylan Hartley and Joe Launchbury.

Warburton – the 2013 skipper for the tour of Australia – becomes the second player to captain the Lions twice, after Martin Johnson (1997, 2001).

The most high-profile omission by Lions coach Warren Gatland is Hartley, who was captain for England’s recent 18-match winning run. Jamie George – his understudy with England – is preferred, along with fellow hookers Ken Owens and Rory Best.

Other notable names revealed by coach Warren Gatland were Harlequins prop Kyle Sinckler, who has yet to start a Test for England, England centres Jonathan Joseph and former Australian NRL star Ben Te’o and Wales No.8 Ross Moriarty.

There are 16 England players selected, along with 12 from Wales, 11 from Ireland and two from Scotland.

The tour begins on June 3 and culminates in a three-Test series against the All Blacks.

Squad: Dan Biggar (Wales), Elliot Daly (England), Jonathan Davies (Wales), Owen Farrell (England), Leigh Halfpenny (Wales), Robbie Henshaw (Ireland), Stuart Hogg (Scotland), Jonathan Joseph (England), Conor Murray (Ireland), George North (Wales), Jack Nowell (England), Jared Payne (Ireland), Jonathan Sexton (Ireland), Tommy Seymour (Scotland), Ben T’eo (England), Anthony Watson (England), Rhys Webb (Wales), Liam Williams (Wales), Ben Youngs (England), Rory Best (Ireland), Dan Cole (England), Taulupe Faletau (Wales), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Jamie George (England), Iain Henderson (Ireland), Maro Itoje (England), Alun Wyn Jones (Wales), George Kruis (England), Courtney Lawes (England), Joe Marler (England), Jack McGrath (Ireland), Ross Moriarty (Wales), Sean O’Brien (Ireland), Peter O’Mahony (Ireland), Ken Owens (Wales), Kyle Sinckler (England), CJ Stander (Ireland), Justin Tipuric (Wales), Mako Vunipola (England), Billy Vunipola (England), Sam Warburton (Wales, capt).