Revisiting the youngest player from the last five Lions tours

#2001 – Jonny Wilkinson, aged 22

The 2003 World Cup hero toured with the British & Irish Lions twice – to Australia in 2001 and New Zealand in 2005 scoring 67 Test points in the 6 Lions Test matches he has started.

He missed the 2009 tour of South Africa through injury before turning down a call-up in 2013 due to club commitments with Toulon.

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