Itoje picked as British and Irish Lions captain for rugby tour of Australia

Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions squad for the upcoming rugby tour of Australia.
The 30-year-old lock is the first Englishman to captain the Lions since Martin Johnson in 2001 and will be heading on his third tour, after 2017 and 2021.
Itoje is England captain but only since January. He has just led his country to a second-place finish in the Six Nations and has made 93 caps for England across nine years.
Itoje’s path to the Lions captaincy might have been cleared by Cae