Shane Williams welcomed the appointment of Ian McGeechan as British and Irish Lions Head Coach - and provided a spine-tingling insight into why he was the unanimous choice to lead the 2009 assault on South Africa.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers says Ian McGeechan's Lions appointment is a "setback" for South Africa.
Newly-appointed head coach Ian McGeechan has vowed to restore the unique spirit and ethos of the British and Irish Lions when he leads next year's tour to South Africa.
Lions chiefs are confident a potentially embarrassing clash of fixtures in South Africa will be resolved.
It was like the phases of the moon or the ebb and flow of the tide. Without so much as a flicker of controversy or exasperation from a single scribe, Ian McGeechan duly took up his post as the British and Irish Lions coach for 2009.
Ian McGeechan has been named as the Head Coach for the Lions tour to South Africa in 2009.
Wasps boss Ian McGeechan is expected to be confirmed as Head Coach of the 2009 British and Irish Lions - and dissenting voices are impossible to find.
Fresh from leading Leinster to the Magners League title, Brian OżDriscoll has declared that he won't give up the Lions captaincy without a fight.
The identity of the coach for next year's British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa will be revealed on May 14.
Warren Gatland has confirmed he will be taking his strongest Wales squad possible to face world champions South Africa in the two-Test series this June.
Ospreys coach Lyn Jones hailed his skipper Ryan Jones as the outstanding candidate to lead the Lions on the 2009 tour to South Africa.
A breakdown in communication between the various factions that claim to run European rugby is threatening to disrupt preparations for next year's Lions tour.
No sooner had the British and Irish Lions tour fixtures to South Africa been announced than there was a clash of interests.
The British and Irish Lions have announced their schedule for the 2009 tour of South Africa.
Grand Slam-winning coach Warren Gatland has thrown his hat into the British and Irish Lions ring, just two days after lifting the Six Nations crown.