Warren Gatland: If I choose too many Englishmen it could put pressure on Lions

Head coach warns that 'circus' surrounding Red Rose squad could limit his thinking regarding which men he will take Down Under this summer

Evening Standard

Warren Gatland limps in to meet me at a hotel in Cardiff. He is still nursing the ankles he broke falling from a ¬ladder while cleaning the windows of his beach house in Waihi in New Zealand last April.

But, while his footsteps are hesitant, the mind of the head coach, who will take the Lions to Australia in June, is crystal clear. He knows all about the potential problems of picking too many Englishmen for the three-Test tour.