Tracking the Lions: Who Will Make the Squad? Part Two
by Paul Cook -
Week two of the 2013 Six Nations Championship saw another batch of impressive performances from players who will also have one eye on the upcoming British & Irish Lions tour of Australia. Where as last week, it was the Irish pack that took all the plaudits for their contribution to the win over Wales, it was the second and back rows of Scotland that showed the greatest cohesion over the weekend, proving the point of difference against Italy at Murrayfield and paving the way for their backline to profit.
Rugby News has again digested the three tests, cogitated and deliberated, argued and berated and come up with another team of the week and in an illustration of just how tightly contested Warren Gatland’s final selection will be (or of how wrong we are!), only three players hold onto their starting jerseys from wee