If the British & Irish Lions were selected today not a single English player could be sure of his selection.
And certainly any English player unable to break into our shambolic national team can probably go ahead and book his summer hols without to much worry of a Lions call up.
So it is puzzling that when BA chose its two players to PR its new official airline status of the British & Irish Lions, one would be Josh Lewsey.
The fullback is a fine player but has been out of the England set up since that remarkable night in Paris last autumn when the team advanced to the World Cup final. Someone at BA should have known that.
To make the odds on the player making the Lions squad even longer than they already were, the player chose this week to announce his retirement from international rugby.
Who else would be a terrible choice to PR the airline's sponsorship deal? Gavin Henson - tucked in next to Josh waiting for take off.
Henson has stuggled with injury for a while now and when he was fit managed to get himself dropped from the Welsh team due to his ‘state of mind'. Someone at BA really should have known that.
Let's face it, the only one of these three likely to be on the plane to South Africa next summer is the stewardess.
