British & Irish Lions: England's Eddie Jones suggests four-man plan for Lions captaincy

Eddie Jones says the British and Irish Lions
should name four captains for the tour of New
Zealand - one from each of their four national
teams.
Lions head coach Warren Gatland has said "half-
a-dozen players are in contention" to lead his
squad.
England's Dylan Hartley, Ireland's Rory Best,
Wales' Alun Wyn Jones and Greig Laidlaw of
Scotland are among those.
"I would take those four captains and make that
the leadership group," England coach Jones said.
"Then after the warm-up games, whoever was
the leading player I would make captain for the
first Test," added the Australian, speaking at the
Advertising Week Europe business event in
London.
"You look at the last Lions tour and Sam
Warburton captained the first two and Alun Wyn
Jones captained the third, so I think you can
separate it.
"It would be different but I would reckon you
would get a great result, with those four captains
running the team for you and making sure they
set the standards on and off the field."
New Zealander Gatland will name his squad on
19 April, and on Sunday said whoever is picked
as captain would not be guaranteed to play.
"When you are looking at a captain, you want to
be reasonably confident he is going to be starting
in the Tests. But it is not a guarantee, it is just
part of the criteria," he told BBC Radio 5 live's
Sportsweek programme.
"Whoever that person is has to rise to that; the
message is it's a great honour to captain the
Lions but your form has to be good enough to be
selected for the Tests."
2017 British and Irish Lions tour fixtures
3 June - Provincial union team (Toll Stadium,
Whangarei)
7 June - Blues (Eden Park, Auckland)
10 June - Crusaders (AMI Stadium, Christchurch)
13 June - Highlanders (Forsyth Barr Stadium,
Dunedin)
17 June - Maori (International Stadium, Rotorua)
20 June - Chiefs (Waikato Stadium, Hamilton)
24 June - New Zealand (First Test, Eden Park,
Auckland)
27 June - Hurricanes (Westpac Stadium,
Wellington)
1 July - New Zealand (Second Test, Westpac
Stadium, Wellington)
8 July - New Zealand (Third Test, Eden Park,
Auckland)