Irish Lions will make the difference

When Warren Gatland popped into the Wales dressing-room after they beat Ireland a fortnight ago he could easily have congratulated Alun-Wyn Jones on nailing down a place on the Lions tour. Never in the history of the biggest touring team in the world had second row been so hotly contested, but that night Jones illustrated why he is a certainty. And down the hall were a few men in green wondering what way their summer would shape up.