PETER JACKSON

Despite having celebrated his 93rd birthday earlier this month, Lewis Jones might consider himself a bit of a Johnny-come-lately compared to the grandest and oldest of all living Lions.
Mick Lane, one of Jones’ companions during the first post-war tour, to NZ in 1950, is four years older than the Welshman. A real evergreen at 97, the Cork wing made his Ireland debut during the first post-war Five Nations season in 1947.
Another Lion is due to reach 97 this year – former Neath prop Courtenay Meredith, ever-present throughout the drawn four-match series in SA in 1955. He is also...