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Alun-Wyn will be Lions leader… or maybe Conor!

Top candidate: Wales second row Alun-Wyn Jones
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WHO should Warren Gatland pick as captain? It is one of the most difficult selections the 2017 Lions head coach will make, and it is arguably the most important because the captain sets the tone for the tour in so many ways.
There are strong cases to be made for Alun-Wyn Jones, Rory Best, Dylan Hartley, Sam Warburton, and, for me, also Conor Murray. But, just as there are very few players who would be nailed on in a current World XV – with no British team dominating that selection in the way New Zealand did when D...

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