- ‘I’m going to keep fighting and keep promoting the Lions’
- Lions have to fight increasingly hard for place in calendar
Warren Gatland has pledged to continue fighting for the future of the British & Irish Lions as he seeks to become the first head coach in the touring side’s history to complete a clean sweep of unbeaten series against all three Southern Hemisphere opposition.
Gatland leads the Lions into the first Test against the Springboks on Saturday in the most challenging tour of his tenure given the Covid-19 backdrop, with outbreaks in both camps since the squad arrived in South Africa. Even before the pandemic, the tour had been trimmed down to eight matches in five weeks and the Lions secured the early release of England-based players for their training camp in Jersey only at the 11th hour.
