New Zealand rugby legend Kieran Read believes Leinster captain Caelan Doris has the qualities to lead the British & Irish Lions on their 2024 tour to Australia.
New Zealand rugby legend Kieran Read believes that 'powerhouse' Caelan Doris possesses the necessary attributes to become the British & Irish Lions captain for next year’s tour to Australia. In addition to being announced as Leinster’s new skipper for the 2024/25 club season, Doris also led Ireland into battle throughout last month’s Autumn Nations Series.
While the November international window began with a disappointing 23-13 reversal at the hands of New Zealand, the Mayo native subsequently captained his country to consecutive victories over Argentina, Fiji and Australia. Given he served as skipper of the All Blacks on no fewer than 52 occasions, Read is as well placed as anyone to assess the leadership credentials of his fellow back-rower. ‘I rate him highly as a leader. I don’t know too much about how he leads, but the way I see him on the field, man he’s a powerhouse. To me he’s an 80 minute player. Every impact he has across the field is huge, it’s a positive effort. The way I see from the outside, he’s going to work as hard as anyone in that team,’ Read explained. ‘That’s the kind of guys you want as your leaders. If he gets that opportunity I’m sure he’ll do well, but he’s certainly a player I enjoy. For him to really grab it with both hands in the last few years has been pretty cool to see.’ Doris’ most recent outing as an international captain offered up a sense of what to expect from Australia in next year’s Lions series as the Wallabies produced a strong showing before eventually losing out 22-19 to Ireland. Although he has had more defeats than wins since he took over from Eddie Jones as head coach (six victories and seven losses from 13 tests), there is a sense that ex-Leinster and Ireland supremo Joe Schmidt is making steady progress at the Australian hel
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