Quinlan awaits Lions fate

Ian McGeechan will wait anxiously to discover whether the fall-out from Leinster’s Heineken Cup semi-final victory over Munster rules Alan Quinlan out of his Lions plans.

Quinlan, a surprise inclusion in McGeechan’s 37-man squad, was preferred to the likes of Tom Croft and Ryan Jones because of his committed style, character and ability to set the right tone in the camp.