Courtney Lawes concluded his stellar season with another big second-half cameo as the Lions drew the Test series with New Zealand.
He might not have been handed a seat on the plane to New Zealand - but there is no doubt that Dylan Hartley has done everything he could to be given a Lions shirt in recent weeks.
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