Shaun Edwards has been winning trophies and lifting silverware most of his sporting life - either as a rugby league player or a union coach - but happily admits he will be taking a quantum leap when he accompanies the Lions to South Africa next month as assistant coach. Brendan Gallagher writes in the Daily Telegraph.
"Edwards, 42, has been as busy as ever leading into Tuesday's squad announcement. He's just returned from a week's 'holiday' in Jamaica, organised rather optimistically as a chance to chill before the Lions show kicks off in earnest. In reality, after a testing period with Wasps and Wales, he spent more time diving into his emails and surfing the net for rugby updates than snorkelling and swimming in the Caribbean.
"I'm just rubbish at relaxing," Edwards admits. "There was a Lions squad to help pick, two more Wasps games to consider, phone calls to make, video clips to watch, the Springboks to think about. I tried to do a bit of swimming and stuff but it didn't really happen. To be honest I'm happier when I'm busy anyway. My hobby is my job. The truth is I would work for nothing – though don't broadcast that too much, the chairman might be reading."
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