Saracens' loss was Warren Gatland's gain as the Lions boss welcomed the men from Allianz Park to the tourist's training base in Maynooth, Ireland. Mako Vunipola, George Kruis and Jamie George were the other Sarries men to be put through their paces under the watchful eye of Gatland. "I am fully fit, which is good," said Warburton, speaking at the Lions training base in Kildare, Ireland. "Four years ago, I was walking around Melbourne and Australians were asking me who the British and Irish Lions were. "If you asked me in my career which Lions tour could I pick to go on out of any of them, if I could pick one, I would pick New Zealand, because it's New Zealand.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 23, 2017 16:41 UTC