Rugby-Great Lions debate begins to churn as test choices awaited


  • Rugby
  • Sunday, 18 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Tour match - Lions v British and Irish Lions - Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa - July 3, 2021 British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland before the match REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Now that the warm-up part of their tour programme is complete, an agonising number of days lie ahead for the British & Irish Lions as they await the choices for the first test against South Africa on Saturday.

Coach Warren Gatland and his staff begin their selection process with a series of Sunday meetings and will likely debate their options right up until the eve of the selection announcement on Thursday as they ponder some tricky choices.

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