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

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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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