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Nick Cain: British and Irish Lions must get tough by delivering an ultimatum

The longer the Lions Board continues to be as soft-toy cuddly as the mascot that tour youngster Henry Pollock will have to lug around Australia this summer, the longer coaches like Joe Schmidt, below, will devalue tours by withholding players until the Test series.
The Lions chairman Ieuan Evans should tell Phil Waugh, Australia Rugby’s chief executive, that unless Wallaby coach Schmidt releases Test players to represent their Super Rugby teams in the Lions early tour matches against the Western Force, Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs and ACT Brumbies, they will be removed from the next roun...

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