Colin Sheridan: The Lions as a modern concept is utterly idiotic
Let us once again gather our collective rugbying delusions, pour them into an overpriced jersey, stick them on a Qantas flight, and pretend that this Lions tour is the very heart of rugby tradition.
If the British and Irish Lions tour didn't exist, would we invent it?
Let us, for a moment, imagine a committee of highly-paid rugby executives – all pale of face and plummy of accent – gathered around a mahogany table in Twickenham, plotting their next great adventure.
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