2. Martin Johnson (England)
Johnson was a late call up to the 1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand. In 1997 he was named as captain for the victorious British Lions tour to South Africa, in 2001 he became the first man to captain the Lions twice as he led the 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia.
McGeechan said: “I put his name down and moved on. It was as simple as that. Exceptional.”
DID YOU KNOW? Johnson comes from a sporting family. His great-grandfather was a wrestler