Woodward to note Welsh achievement

The shutters have come down on Clive Woodward’s selection shop window after the 2005 RBS 6 Nations saw his Lions selection landscape redrawn by Welsh rugby’s renaissance men.

When Woodward was appointed Lions supremo in February last year, the prospect of Wales providing a dozen or more players to this summer’s three-Test New Zealand tour was about as improbable as them being crowned Six Nations champions.