Lions captaincy contenders in the spotlight
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
... who can generate that sense of solidarity. Johnson, remember, was far from an established leader. Phil de Glanville had succeeded Will Carling with England yet did not even make the Lions long-list for that tour.McGeechan backed his hunch that Johnson was someone that others would follow and someone who the South Africans would respect. The tale of how the Lions fancied the notion...
