By NEALE HARVEY
MAKO Vunipola reckons ‘world-class’ Owen Farrell would make a fantastic job of captaining the British & Irish Lions in New Zealand this summer should Warren Gatland make that call.
Head coach Gatland will reveal his squad on April 19 and has name-checked Farrell among half-a-dozen candidates to lead the touring party on their arduous trip Down Under, with Alun-Wyn Jones, Sam Warburton, Dylan Hartley and Rory Best also in the mix.
Saracens prop Vunipola would have no qualms over his club colleague being put in charge, telling The Rugby Paper: “If they di...
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