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McGeechan warned of meltdown 24 years ago

PETER JACKSON

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW
Long before they knighted him for services to the game, Sir Ian McGeechan raised an issue serious enough to threaten the existence of the Lions.
“It seems ridiculous to me that we were finally at the mercy of our clubs as to how we could organise our preparation,” he stated in his official report.
“Realistically, the players should have at least two or three weeks’ break before having to attempt a tour of this intensity.”
The intensity of the tour in question, New Zealand 1993, felt positively manageable compared to tha...

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