Ian McGeechan sees bright future for Lions despite series defeat by Springboks

The head coach finds positives from the tour to South Africa - even if he has come to the end of his personal road David Hands, Rugby Correspondent, in Johannesburg When the final whistle blows at Coca-Cola Park this afternoon, when the final press conference to consider the 2009 series between South Africa and the Lions is over, Ian McGeechan will take his first decent holiday for 37 years. The Lion king will lie down and reflect a while. Well, there is the wedding next month of his daughter, Heather, a ruby wedding anniversary to celebrate with Judy, his wife, the launch in October of his autobiography and involvement with Sports Coaching UK, of which McGeechan gave up the chairmanship last year because of his role as Lions head coach. But rugby, for the first time since he was capped by Scotland in 1972 and began a... [read full story]                    

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