MAURICE Trapp is one of the more intriguing characters on this Lions tour. This is not just because he is has been given the honour of being elected as the NZRU President in a Lions year.
Nor is it because of his unrivalled winning record as a New Zealand provincial coach, or his reputation as a bruising Auckland lock/blindside. It is because Trapp is one of us – as well as one of them.
Trapp, who holds joint NZ and UK citizenship, is English-born. He was part of the same Loughborough Colleges team as England’s Fran Cotton and Steve Smith before joining Harlequins, where his phy...