Jamie Osborne: If I want to be in the Leinster team I need to be just as good as Jordie Barrett

Jordie Barrett’s levels of communication, his ability to scan the field and see the right pictures, allied to his professionalism, have all been noted and digested by Jamie Osborne. 

Jamie Osborne dismissed suggestions he has an outside chance of a Lions call-up, and said there's "a lot of room for improvement" in his game. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

It’s put to Jamie Osborne that one or two pundits have him down as an outside shot for Andy Farrell’s British and Irish Lions squad when it is announced in London this Thursday. His polite smile says it all.

“I haven't really thought about that, to be honest, because in my mind anyway you definitely, probably, do have to be playing, starting at your club at least. I know Leinster is probably a little bit different to maybe most clubs but it's still true.” He’s right, isn’t he?