Many details have already been finalised for next year’s British and Irish Lions assault on South Africa, where the tourists will play 10 matches, three of them Tests, in the land of the reigning world champions. The Lions hierarchy have decided that each player should earn upwards of £30,000 each for his efforts – nice work if you can get it – and plan to travel with a normal-sized squad on a normal-sized plane, rather than take enough personnel to fill Thunderbird II, as Sir Clive Woodward did for the hapless 2005 contest in New Zealand. Oh, one other thing: Ian McGeechan will be in charge.

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