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Next Lions tour has tasty look says Smit

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The Rugby Paper Team
10 November 2019

Best captain in world: Alun Wyn Jones with the Lions in 2017
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By STEFFAN THOMAS
FORMER South Africa captain John Smit believes the 2021 Lions tour has the potential to be the “spiciest” in history.
Warren Gatland’s Lions will face the world champion Springboks in three Tests in 2021, looking to avenge their series defeat in 2009.
The tour will also have an extra edge given South Africa’s brutal dismantling of England in the World Cup final and their narrow semi-final win over Wales.
“That final was the best dress rehearsal for probably o...

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