Graham Henry First Non-British Coach of the Lions

Call it post-colonial, call it usurping, but New Zealander Graham Henry will be charged with giving the British Lions Rugby-Union team a new roar for their tour of Australia next year. Citing his will to win and his professionalism as reasons for his selection, ex-Lions centre Scott Gibbs also believes he will be the right man for the job, because “he hates the Aussies even more than the Poms do.”