Ireland captain ready for Lions call: ‘Johnny Sexton is training the house down’

Johnny Sexton a Test starter for Gatland in the series win over Australia in 2013 and the drawn trilogy with the All Blacks in 2017, faces a fight to make it on a third tour

Johnny Sexton’s case for inclusion on the British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa has received significant backing from Stuart Lancaster ahead of tomorrow’s squad announcement by Warren Gatland.

The fly-half, a Test starter for Gatland in the series win over Australia in 2013 and the drawn trilogy with the All Blacks in 2017, faces a fight to make it on a third tour with the head coach thought to be taking three number 10s from a pool of candidates also including Dan Biggar, Owen Farrell, and Finn Russell.