In the Lions squad of 2007, a promising, young centre was picked, yet to be capped despite significant clamour from regular watchers of club rugby.
That man was Will Greenwood.
Who nearly died on that tour.
(If you’ve never seen it, watch the greatest rugby video every made – Living with the Lions).
12 years on from that great, great tour, a similar situation arises.
Johnno, handcuffed with a strange agreement that let’s him make five changes from a squad picked before the 2008-2009 season began, faces a problem in the centre.
One man making regular, significant contributions in the centres for his club is yet again overlooked.
That man is Jon Clarke of Northampton.
He’s got a long way to go to be the new Greenwood, but he has made a start.
And, no less a judge of centre that Jeremy Guscott also agrees thinks he’s earned that chance.
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