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Head coach Warren Gatland will announce his Lions assistants for this summer s trip before holding a press conference
Lions head coach Warren Gatland (Image: INPHO/Dan Sheridan)
Warren Gatland has named three Welshmen on his British and Irish Lions coaching team for the 2021 tour of South Africa.
McBryde and Jenkins will be familiar with Gatland, having worked with him throughout his tenure as Wales head coach, helping the side to three Grand Slams and a further Six Nations title in that time.
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“A bid by the British and Irish Lions for financial guarantees from the government for a home series against South Africa has won the backing from ministers who think that it could be a uniting force for the United Kingdom now that Scottish independence is back on the political agenda‚” the paper reported.
It is estimated that SA Rugby would have banked an estimated R500m if the tour was held with gates open in South Africa.
While a Lions series played in the UK will still generate valuable income for the cash-strapped federation‚ it will be a blow to the South African economy.
Saracens, five-times Premiership winners who were relegated to the Championship in October after breaching salary cap rules, begin their campaign away to Cornish Pirates on Saturday - more than three months after the top flight began on Nov. 20. McCall said he had informed Gatland that Saracens' English contingent, which includes skipper Owen Farrell and lock Maro Itoje, will play at least four Championship games and the play-off finals if they qualify, before the Lions' tour in the summer.