Back still has key role: Woodward

Clive Woodward insists Neil Back still has an integral part to play in the Lions tour to New Zealand despite being handed a four-week suspension.

Clive Woodward insists Neil Back still has an integral part to play in the Lions tour to New Zealand despite being handed a four-week suspension.

Back pleaded guilty to striking Joe Worsley in last weekend’s Zurich Premiership Grand Final but the level of punishment meted out by the Rugby Football Union’s disciplinary panel left Woodward furious.

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