When Jason Leonard, the British & Irish Lions tour manager, revealed the names of the 37 he touched off an immediate fever of reaction. And yet none of this was what I took from the day and the week. The best part was the unaffected joyousness of those named, and those who knew from experience how mightily it mattered. SponsoredThere were cameras at club grounds where potential Lions are based. We saw players around the television set in big gangs.

Source: The Times May 08, 2021 23:02 UTC