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I’m restless as ever to achieve says Haskell. I’m not here to drink coffee

Nick Cain talks to James Haskell abut his ambition that burns so intensely to succeed for the Lions.

Nick Cain

JAMES Haskell is a Lion who, in his own words, “got in through the back door”, but after hearing him hold court in Christchurch this week one thing was clear. He wants to leave this 2017 tour through the front door, as a winning Test Lion against the All Blacks.
Haskell, who was called up as a late replacement for Billy Vunipola, is one of the old men of the party. At 32, the Wasps and England flanker’s only senior in the 41-man squad is Irish hooker Rory Best (...

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