Blair Kinghorn links up with Lions – and wakes up captain Maro Itoje

The Toulouse man linked up with the squad, days after helping his side clinch a third successive Top 14 title.
Blair Kinghorn links up with Lions – and wakes up captain Maro Itoje

Blair Kinghorn woke up Maro Itoje on his arrival in the Lions camp (Andrew Milligan/PA).

Blair Kinghorn has revealed his first act upon arrival into the British and Irish Lions camp in Australia was to wake up captain Maro Itoje.

Two days after helping Toulouse clinch a third successive Top 14 title by beating Bordeaux in extra-time at the Stade de France, Kinghorn joined up with his new team-mates for the first time.

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