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Leonard lined up to be Lions manager

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The Rugby Paper Team
9 June 2019

By PETER JACKSON
JASON Leonard is in line for a return to the international stage in a brand new role, 15 years after his last match for England.
The Rugby Paper understands that the 50-year-old former RFU President will be invited to renew his Lions career as manager of the tour to South Africa in two years’ time.
It follows his election in April as chairman of the world’s most famous touring team.
Leonard’s impending return to the Test arena will give him the chance of winning Test series against the Springboks as player and manager, a hitherto unique double achieved by ...

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