Rugby-Itoje 'honoured and humbled' to be named British and Irish Lions captain


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 08 May 2025

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Wales v England - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, Britain - March 15, 2025 England's Maro Itoje during the warm-up before the match REUTERS/Ian Walton/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -England's Maro Itoje said he was "deeply honoured and humbled" after being appointed captain of the British and Irish Lions on Thursday for the tour of Australia.

The 30-year-old Saracens lock becomes the 47th Lions captain since 1888, the first Black player to captain the side and only the third Englishman in the last 89 years to be appointed tour leader.

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