One of the most interesting sequences in sport is threatening to repeat itself yet again. Every four years, during the Six (or Five) Nations season immediately following a British and Irish Lions tour, it is as if lead weights have been attached to the legs of one nation and restorative oxygen pumped into the dressing-rooms of the rest.
Spot the common theme in the following list of champions in post-Lions years since the late 1960s: France, Wales, no winner, Wales, Wales, France, Scotland, Scotland, Wales, France, France, France, France, Ireland. It is necessary to spool back 55 years to the icy early months of 1963 to find the last time England won a title in the wake of a Lions trip. Should Eddie Jones’s squad successfully defend the crown they have won for the last two seasons, they will be bucking a serious trend.
Source :- theguardian
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