Defence coach leading candidate for
South Africa tourGregor Townsend expected to be attack coachScotland’s defensive mastermind Steve Tandy has emerged as a leading candidate to join the
British &
Irish Lions coaching staff with Warren Gatland forced into a late rethink for the tour to South Africa.
Tandy would be charged with overseeing the Lions defence on the tour of South Africa with the
Ireland head coach, Andy Farrell, now believed to be unavailable. Gregor Townsend is still expected to be named as attack coach when Gatland confirms his assistants on Tuesday, however, and after multiple tours with no
Scotland representatives on the staff Tandy would mean another for the South Africa trip.