JIM Telfer believes the Lions will win the 2021 series against world champions South Africa. It is not said lightly because Telfer knows better than anyone how difficult it is to achieve. The inspirational “Everest” speech he gave the Lions forwards before the First Test of the victorious 1997 series has since been engraved into the history of the best of British & Irish touring side.
Now in his early eighties, the former Hawick High School headmaster who was an inspirational force as the 1997 forwards coach – and who played in the losing 1968 series against the Springboks as a rugged...