Format of Lions announcement on the 30th

I wonder exactly how the announcement will take place?

I presume Warren Gatland and Andy Irvine will be surrounded by the press and it will be broadcast live (I don't think players are receiving letters this time)?

Will any potential players be present, or will they be crowded around the wireless in anticipation?!

I'm hoping each player is announced by an individual haiku giving us their name and describing their playing style.

We're just lucky that Tagicakibau isn't eligible.

Why isnt the captain being announced prior to the squad anouncement this time around? Im sure the captain was announced a couple of days before the last couple of times.

Not sure how they're announcing The Captain - might be giving him a buzz a few days before.

I like the haiku idea. Maybe they should get Peter Dickson to do the announcement, or Tony Green: "iiiiiiiiiiiiiin one..."

GunsGerms wrote:Why isnt the captain being announced prior to the squad anouncement this time around? Im sure the captain was announced a couple of days before the last couple of times.

No, it just leaked last time.

Nah.

Traditionally the captain has been nominated days or weeks beforehand.

He used to have input into the team/squad/party selection.

Normally they will have had a long list back in January time (not constrained to just those players) to allow thgem to sort out the bulk of the contracts in advance.

As it is none of this has been done, so they will announce the players then have to try and sort out contracts with the player and their employer.

The captain was there at the squad announcement last time so I would guess similar this time, then the players announced live on air.

Notch wrote:I'm hoping each player is announced by an individual haiku giving us their name and describing their playing style.

We're just lucky that Tagicakibau isn't eligible.

That's very funny.

Can we have the old tumbler from Going Live with Phillip Schofield and Sarah Green?

Alan 'Fluff' Freeman doing it Top 20 style would be wonderful. Provided the wireless stayed on and the valves did not blow