By Peter Jackson

Shaun Edwards will be tackling a ‘unique challenge’ in the Southern Hemisphere this summer instead of making a long overdue comeback with the Lions.
The renowned Wigan-er, fresh from reaching another monumental career milestone, is now planning for the ultimate test. Raising French resistance to still greater levels for a Test series in New Zealand is difficult enough at full strength; doing it without almost Les Bleus’ entire champion XV nigh on impossible.
Lions head coach Andy Farrell is due to name his specialist coaches this week, a chosen few excluding his fellow Wiga...