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 Mauro

00:10I think he's been outstanding, he's good in the Six Nations

00:13He's been even better since then

00:15He's in a rich vein of form

00:17And he's going to be in the test team

00:20He's one of the first names down

00:22So 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

00:35Time and time again at the top level

00:37Now this is not a guy who ever has a 5 or 6 out of 10 game

00:40He's always at 7 and 8, if not 9 and 10 more recently

00:44Out of 10 performances, time and time again

00:47And so I think players will look at Mauro and go

00:50You know this guy, the way he is as a player, the way he is as a rugby athlete

00:54The way he must prepare, his diligence preparing for games and big games

00:59His performance level to deliver when it matters for 18 minutes

01:02Is unlike any other rugby player of recent times

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

01:07So it is still a little bit moving

01:09It matters

01:10needs to be preserved

01:17As

01:23It matters