Donal Lenihan: Warren Gatland is very conscious of not repeating the mistakes of the past

By the time you read this, I’ll have boarded my first flight in over 17 months, bound for Cape Town. With everything that’s going on in South Africa at present, it’s a bit of a journey into the unknown.

British & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

By the time you read this, I’ll have boarded my first flight in over 17 months, bound for Cape Town, via Frankfurt.

With everything that’s going on in South Africa at present, it’s a bit of a journey into the unknown.