The Englishman said he was “deeply honored and touched” to have been appointed this Thursday captain of the British and Irish lions for the tour in Australia.
He became this Thursday on Thursday 47e Captain of the British and Irish lions, since their creation in 1888. The first black player, too, to obtain this honor. And, 24 years after Martin Johnson, Maro Itoje is only the third English to direct the famous Lions.
“I will do my best to do justice to my role. I can’t wait to take up the challenge that awaits mesaid the second-line of the Saracens of London, captain of the XV of the Rose since the start of the year. It’s going to be a nice tour. I know that the appetite of the players is extremely high, everyone is hungry to become a lion and I look forward to playing my role. ”
-The 30-year-old star will participate this summer in Australia in his third lions tour this summer after being the youngest player selected for that in New Zealand in 2017 and playing a major role in the last, in 2021 in South Africa.
Itoje revealed that he had learned the big news this Tuesday when he received an unexpected call on his laptop from an Irish issue. That of the Lions chief coach, Andy Farrell. And, as of Wednesday, he dined on Wednesday with former captains of the Lions, in the name of the transmission.
“It is an immense honor, a privilege, to think of the remarkable people who occupied this position Auparavant, admitted the player born in London of Nigerian parents. It is our responsibility now to make sure that the Lions continue to shine. ”
