Die Itoze’s head has been in the hands of warts for more than a decade.
From the back of the barber’s chair, warts have seen Itoze mature to the 30-year-old British and Irish lion from a multi-colored teenager to a three-year-old teenager.
Now for the first time Captain is one of the final appointments of Itoze before departing for Australia, to trim his mane.
“It’s been some time,” says Itoze of his and warts relationship.
“It is going to be a challenge on the tour.
“You should always have some confidence – a jump of faith – when you walk on a new barber’s chair. Especially in Australia, where I don’t think they are also used to Ephro -Caribbean Hair!”
Faith, and casual plans, will be a theme for Itoze in the next five weeks.
Asked how religion fit his strategy, former labor spin guru Alastair Campbell said “We do not do God”.
Itoze, who was introduced to Campbell as a young man by England’s team manager Richard Hill and remain in touch, of course.
In his unveiling as the captain of Lions in May, he revealed that he had missed the Bible study from going there.
When he was promoted as the captain of England in January, His pastor was one of the six people mentioned before the public announcement., external
When asked about the long journey of both positions, Etozay has a simple interpretation: “God’s time is always the best time.”
“In the last two or three years I have taken a conscious decision to double that regard,” he explains the BBC Sport.
“I was probably a lukewarm Christian for a large part of my life. I was probably someone who had gone to the church, but was not really living its principles or values, but I have always been a believer.
“The humility I have tried throughout my life, she definitely comes from knowing that whatever the gift I have given, is not from my own work, but by the man above.”
By high standards and self -entry of Itoz, this humility was not always present on previous Lions Tourism.
He described his 22 -year -old Self, who won the C -off raid of Lions fans in New Zealand in 2017, “Short Crush and Little Bhola”.
This time, in the very center of publicity and Hupala, he is firm to maintain his calm and routine.
