Hall of Famer Isherwood appointed inaugural chair of the new Lions Women’s Committee

She will oversee the first Lions women’s tour in two years and also serve on the board of the British & Irish Lions.

Carol Isherwood has been appointed Chair of British & Lions Women's Committee. Pic: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

The British & Irish Lions have appointed World Rugby Hall of Famer Carol Isherwood as the inaugural chair of the new Lions Women’s Committee ahead of the historic first tour to New Zealand in 2027.

Isherwood has been a leading figure in women’s rugby for decades, inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014 having become the global governing body’s first female member of its Rugby Committee five years previously.