With two Lions tours to his name, Dean Richards knows what is required – he begins his squad selection with the forwards in The Times.
"Knowing Geech, I believe he will leave home with a good idea of his starting line-up but will keep an open mind. He will be very honest in his selection and if, as so often happens on a Lions tour, a player emerges from relative obscurity and demands a place, he will pick him — as he did Jeremy Guscott for the second match of the 1989 series in Australia.
"South Africa will field an outstanding pack in June but they lack world-class props. Victor Matfield will dictate the lineouts and their systems are so good that the only set-piece area where the Lions might find an advantage is the scrum. The tight five is where the Lions have three candidates who virtually pick themselves, the two props and the second row."
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