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He's now matched individual genius with title-winning gravitas... but, if he leads the Lions to glory this summer, just where will Finn Russell stand in the pantheon of Scottish greats?

He's now matched individual genius with title-winning gravitas... but, if he leads the Lions to glory this summer, just where will Finn Russell stand in the pantheon of Scottish greats?

It was rugby's equivalent of that old football chestnut about whether Lionel Messi would still be able to perform at his very best on a freezing, wet Tuesday night in Barnsley.

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