O'Driscoll & Roberts back Itoje as Lions captain

Brian O'Driscoll & Jamie Roberts feel that Maro Itoje is the ideal candidate to captain the Lions in Australia

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00:00I think captaincy is really about your performance and about guaranteed selection.

00:06I think there are two things that you couldn't query in Morrow.

00:09I think he's been outstanding, he's good in the Six Nations, he's been even better since then,

00:15he's in a rich vein of form, and he's going to be in the test team.

00:19He's one of the first names down, so they're first of all the hallmarks that are needed in any Lions captain.

00:25Look, this is a guy who I think all players across the British and Irish Isles look at

00:31and just admire as a rugby player, as a performer, time and time again at the top level.

00:37This is not a guy who ever has a five or six out of ten game, he's always at seven and eight,

00:42if not nine and ten more recently, out of ten performances, time and time again.

00:48And so I think players will look at Morrow and go, this guy, the way he is as a player,

00:52the way he is as a rugby athlete, the way he must prepare, his diligence preparing for games and big games,

00:58his performance level to deliver when it matters for 18 minutes is unlike any other rugby player of recent times.

01:05He has a wonderful ability to deliver when it matters.