The Daily Telegraph's Gavin Mairs believes that the 2012 Six Nations could be an audition for the role of British & Irish Lions coach for the 2013 tour.
"The appointment of the British and Irish Lions head coach for next year’s tour of Australia will almost certainly be decided by the outcome of the Six Nations Championship.
Wales’s Warren Gatland and Scotland’s Andy Robinson the leading contenders.
John Feehan, the Lions chief executive, confirmed yesterday that the selection of the coach would “in likelihood” come from one of the four Home Unions, with the Six Nations performances set to form a crucial part of the recruitment process.
Both Gatland and Robinson have Lions experience. Gatland worked under Sir Ian McGeechan during the 2009 tour of South Africa while Robinson, the former England head coach, was involved heavily in the 2005 tour of New Zealand."
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