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Warburton: I’m ready now to captain this side again

Captain Sam Warburton on form, fitness and accepting the honour to lead the Lions’ challenge in New Zealand

Sam Warburton became only the second player in the game’s history to be named captain of British and Irish Lions for a second time on Wednesday, but the Welsh flanker revealed he would have been prepared to turn it down had he not got his own house in order during the Six Nations.
The back rower, who had led the Lions in 2013 and Wales since the 2011 World Cup, had been a firm favourite to retain the position once Warren Gatland was confirmed as the head coach – but ...

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