Former British and Irish Lions head coach Ian McGeechan has revealed that he is in discussions that could see him taking on a role with the Lions next tour which is in 2013 to Australia.
Sixty two year old McGeechan coached the Lions on this year's tour of South Africa where they won their first match since their 29- 13 victory in Brisbane during the 2001 tour.
McGeechan says that he has been in talks with Lions Chief Executive John Feehan about the prospect of a planning role for the tour in four years time.
"John has always asked me to have some involvement in the preparations for Australia from a rugby perspective," McGeechan told Sky Sports News.
"It's great because that's the bit that has probably been left until last or not done before so I'm looking forward to that."
McGeechan revealed that his main concern was seeing the Lions well prepared for the tour, but insisted he had not cemented any definite involvement.
"It would be more as someone to consult with and just try and use my experience to do the best in that preparation," he said.
"I think it's in everybody's interest that the Lions have the best programme and that they are competitively well prepared ahead of the Test series.
"A competitive Test series then is important for both Australia and the Lions."
When asked whether or not there was a possibility that he would manage the tour, McGeechan insisted that it was too early to make any concrete decisions on such an important role.
"I don't know, it's four years away yet."
"That's all I'm doing at the moment, that's all I'm looking at," he added.
"If I can make the next tour from a Lions' perspective as balanced as possible and get preparation right then whoever takes it has hopefully a good opportunity of keeping the Lions competitive which for me is very important."
