Monye paints bleak picture of the Lions tour

Former British & Irish Lions winger Ugo Monye has given a very honest and bleak assessment of the recent 2021 British & Irish Lions tour.  

Monye was, himself, part of the last such tour to South Africa in 2009 – one in which the Lions also fell to the Boks, but seems to feel that the potential of the 2021 squad was not tapped into by the coaching staff. 

Speaking on the Rugby Union Weekly podcast, Monye said: 

"From a playing perspective, when you surround yourself with the best players and the best coaches, for the tactics to be what they were and so conservative. To not have that ability to go out and express yourself, that is the bit that would linger for me if I was a player. 

"If you're any of those back three players and your job role was made fairly redundant. In the warm-up matches our back three was our strength. We know how good these players are when they get service but if I was a winger coming back from this tour I'd be slightly dissatisfied."