My decision to call time on my British and Irish Lions coaching career after four tours has led to me to reflect on some great memories. During that time, I have had the honour to work with some of the greatest players these four nations have produced in the professional era.
I am often asked about my selections over the years. My decision to drop Brian O’Driscoll for our series-winning Test victory in Australia in 2013 is probably the one that attracted the most controversy and sadly led to a lot of abuse from Irish supporters even though I am proud to say that my coaching career began in Galway, first for Galwegians, Connacht and then Ireland. But there have been so many more.
It got me wondering: who would make my greatest Lions team?
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Gats trolling the Sweaties and Michaels again
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Re: Gats trolling the Sweaties and Michaels again
Sadly uncontroversial I’m afraid. There were never going to be any Scots given he only picked a few for a laugh on the joke tour in 2021.
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Re: Gats trolling the Sweaties and Michaels again
If he's trolling the jocks he's going to have to work harder. Struggling to think of a Scottish player from that time period who could consistently rank alongside the players he's chosen. Maybe John Barclay at his best?
It was so much easier to blame Them. It was bleakly depressing to think They were Us. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.