2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION

THIS WEEK... LOOSE-HEAD

Ayear from now the jockeying for position at loose-head for the 2021 Lions tour of South Africa should be in full spate, with the squad usually announced in mid-April.
As with every position in the tour party it will be fiercely contested, especially as the loose-head is often the most important attacking scrummager in the front row. This will be critical because the scrum has been restored as one of South Africa’s key weapons by their World Cup-winning coach, Rassie Er...