Stephen Jones gets worked up ahead of 2009's crown jewel, the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, in his Rolling Maul blog for The Times.
"Frankly, in Lions year the rest fades into insignificance. The RBS Six Nations will obviously be fantastic but the chief value this year will lay for me in any evidence offered that we have 33 giants to take on and beat the Springboks in their backyard – which was not obvious during the autumn internationals.
"And between the recent launch of the glamorous red tops and the time that the first ball is kicked at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, in the first match of the tour in late May, there will be endless debate, which is half the fun of the whole thing. By the time Ian McGeechan names his tour party and later, his Test team, both will already have been selected around two million times, by you, me, and everyone; and in every clubhouse, stadium terrace and bar in the land. What could be better?"
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