England's Ben Youngs during training Action Images via Reuters / Peter Cziborra
LONDON (Reuters) - England scrum-half Ben Youngs has withdrawn from the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand for family reasons, he said in a statement on Saturday.
The 27-year-old, learned the wife of his brother Tom -- a Leicester Tigers and England team mate -- was terminally ill with cancer having battled the illness for three years.
