Ben White revealed he was shaking with excitement after getting the call to leave Scotland’s summer tour squad and join up with the British and Irish Lions.
The Toulon scrum-half was preparing to go out and train with the Scots at their base in Whangarei, New Zealand on Monday morning before receiving a phone-call from Lions head coach Andy Farrell inviting him to Australia for Lions duty following the injury-enforced withdrawal of Welshman Tomos Williams.
