Former British & Irish Lions lock Simon Shaw reflects on his two Lions tours to South Africa, which came some 12 years apart.
The ex-England lock is a three-time Lions tourist, having made the elite squad in 1997, 2005 and 2009, with the first and last of those tours both coming against South Africa.
Standing an impressive 2.03 metres tall, Simon Shaw was not someone you could ever claim was vertically challenged. It was being horizontal that sometimes caused him issues throughout his 73-cap career.
In a position as aggressive and physical as the second row, the Rugby World Cup 2003 winner confesses he was too laid back for his own good and would often have to manufacture a situation to get himself fired up, even in the cauldron of…