Britain Rugby Union - British & Irish Lions squad announcement for the 2017 tour to New Zealand - Hilton London Syon Park - 19/4/17 British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton poses with head coach Warren Gatland after the squad announcement Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic
LONDON (Reuters) - Sam Warburton was in a supermarket car park, waiting for his wife to bring back the bread and milk, when British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland called to ask how he would feel about captaining the side again.
If Gatland felt the need to allow the flanker some wriggle room, it was not just down to injury concerns but because he knew from coaching Wales that he would never put personal ambition first.
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