Courtney Lawes hunts Lions spot in New Zealand after England power play

The Northampton forward forced his way into a stocked England back row by changing his training regime and hopes to round off a career-defining season by facing down the All BlacksAt the start of the season, Courtney Lawes’s prospects of making the Lions tour this summer looked even more distant than New Zealand itself. Second row was the best stocked of all the positions and the 28-year-old Saint had fallen behind George Kruis, Maro Itoje and Joe Launchbury in the England lock hierarchy.Lawes has had more than his share of injuries during his career and when Itoje and Kruis were ruled out of …