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<blockquote data-quote="HowieLO6" data-source="post: 764302" data-attributes="member: 52873"><p>This is a tough one for us to really quantify, and unless one of us has the ear of someone who has done both its not going to get any easier. A google search will find plenty of quotes for players who rank the Lions as an aspiration beyond playing for their country, a career highlight. In terms of the professional era, it would be interesting to see the numbers of players who have won a Grand Slam compared to that of a Lions series. I'd suspect that one is far rarer a feat than the other, but maybe thats not the case for English players at the moment!</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">As mentioned many, many times before, cancelling the Lions tour would not give players a break. This would be replaced by another tour for the first team players. If anything, it might impede those on the cusp of national teams the chance to play, seeing as they'd be expected to get a cap or two while the first team setups were off down south.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #282828"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">In terms of development, do you not think that players actually derive any benefit whatsoever from different perspectives, regimes, styles of play, and all that? Its all well and good going on about how we'd like our 1st XV playing together all the time, but how often has that been possible in recent years? Its the domestic season that is to blame for player fatigue, not the Lions.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HowieLO6, post: 764302, member: 52873"] This is a tough one for us to really quantify, and unless one of us has the ear of someone who has done both its not going to get any easier. A google search will find plenty of quotes for players who rank the Lions as an aspiration beyond playing for their country, a career highlight. In terms of the professional era, it would be interesting to see the numbers of players who have won a Grand Slam compared to that of a Lions series. I'd suspect that one is far rarer a feat than the other, but maybe thats not the case for English players at the moment! [COLOR=#282828][FONT=arial]As mentioned many, many times before, cancelling the Lions tour would not give players a break. This would be replaced by another tour for the first team players. If anything, it might impede those on the cusp of national teams the chance to play, seeing as they'd be expected to get a cap or two while the first team setups were off down south. In terms of development, do you not think that players actually derive any benefit whatsoever from different perspectives, regimes, styles of play, and all that? Its all well and good going on about how we'd like our 1st XV playing together all the time, but how often has that been possible in recent years? Its the domestic season that is to blame for player fatigue, not the Lions.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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