Gatland’s dream squad facing nightmare
May 08, 2021
3 minutes
MARK KEOHANE
FRANCK FIFE
AFP
WARREN Gatland phoned Alun Wyn Jones to ask him to captain the British & Irish Lions in South Africa. Jones was offline, so he sent him a whatsapp asking him to give him a call.
It was all so traditional and in the now.
When Jones was confirmed as the Lions captain, via a live television broadcast, he was virtually beamed into the studio, which prompted him to joke afterwards that he thought he was on Star Trek.
Jones had been showcased to the sporting
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