NICK CAIN SELECTS HIS LIONS FIRST TEST 23 – AND HERE’S A SHOCK FOR ENGLAND

LIONS tours have always had twists and turns that make them tales of the unexpected, and the 2021 expedition to South Africa has had its fair share already.
After months of Covid-induced prevarication we learned this week that the Lions will travel to South Africa, as initially scheduled, rather than the series being turned on its head and played in the UK.
We also had a pretty good idea after England’s 32-18 hammering by Ireland in Dublin that pre-Six Nations predictions that they would provide the single largest co...