The British and Irish Lions will name their head coach for 2021 tour of South Africa on Wednesday, with New Zealander Warren Gatland widely expected to be given the honour for the third time. Gatland led the Lions to a series victory over Australia in 2013 and a drawn series against New Zealand in 2017. He was also an assistant in 2009 when Ian McGeechan’s Lions lost 2-1 in South Africa. Gatland said after the last Lions tour that he was frustrated by limited time given to prepare the team and by the shortened nature of the tour. The Lions’ last series victory against the Springboks came in 1997, also under McGeechan, when the host nation were world champions.

Source: The Irish Times June 10, 2019 14:26 UTC