The former England rugby captain John Spencer has been appointed tour manager for the British and Irish Lions trip to New Zealand in 2017.
The 66-year-old Yorkshireman won 14 England caps between 1969 and 1971, leading his country on four occasions, and toured New Zealand with the 1971 Lions.
Spencer succeeds Scot Andy Irvine, who oversaw the 2013 triumph in Australia.
He is the third English Lions tour manager in rugby union's professional era, following Fran Cotton (South Africa 1997) and Bill Beaumont (New Zealand 2005).
Former Ireland captain Tom Grace, who toured with the Lions to South Africa in 1974 and is currently treasurer of the Irish Rugby Union, will succeed Welshman Gerald Davies as chairman of the British and Irish Lions board.
