IN last week’s paper Lions manager John Spencer said plans to shorten future tours are ‘bordering on insanity’.
Nick Cain’s main column piece is headed ‘Caging these Lions would be vandalism’.
Peter Jackson recently quoted Sir Ian McGeechan saying ‘it was totally unacceptable that Lions tours were at the mercy of self-interested big clubs’.
Premiership clubs’ motive is expanding their influence, acting like bullies. They did this with Europe – pulling out twice in the early years – and want to ring-fence to keep newcomers lik...