GIBSON-PARK IS EXCITED TO EARN PLACE IN LIONS SIDE

JAMISON Gibson-Park has spent the last two years being compared with Antoine Dupont — it is accepted these two are the best scrum-halves in northern hemisphere rugby.

- DEREK FOLEY

There was little surprise when his name was included in Lions selection but it was noted that the scrum-halves down' the list, Alex Mitchell and Tomos Williams, were in continuing, outstanding form at Northampton and Gloucester respectively.

This Test selection, unlike many others, hadn't been boxed off post-Six Nations, rather the two contenders have very much kept the debate alive week by week at club level.