Rugby: Maro Itoje is first Englishman to captain Lions since 2001

Rugby: Maro Itoje is first Englishman to captain Lions since 2001

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Published on 2025-05-08 14:33:28

Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions squad for the upcoming rugby tour of Australia. The 30-year-old lock is the first Englishman to captain the Lions since Martin Johnson in 2001 and will be heading on his third tour, after 2017 and 2021. Itoje is England captain but only since January.

He has just led his country to a second-place finish in the Six Nations and has made 93 caps for England across nine years. Itoje was…

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