The Lions of 2009 - Integrity, hard work rewarded
Of course all of this would have come to nothing if it was not matched by the most involved and professional planning and, probably most of all, an unshakeable determination to prevail. A determination to learn from every defeat — “there’s no such thing as losing, there’s only learning,” is how second-time Lion Donnacha O’Callaghan, put it recently.
This determination extended to overcoming every obstacle even if that limitation was personal. Some of those selected yesterday have reformed their character so they could expect success at this level.