Russell 'would love' to tour with Lions again

Finn Russell "would emotion to" circuit Australia pinch nan British and Irish Lions adjacent summertime but is wary of devoting excessively overmuch thought to nan prospect.

The Scotland fly-half, 31, was portion of nan past 2 tours and featured prominently against South Africa successful 2021.

"It's ever there," nan Bath subordinate told the BBC's Rugby Union Weekly podcast.

"There's a batch of rugby to beryllium played earlier then, arsenic always.

"It's each going to travel down to really we execute connected nan transportation and really we play world level and really we past clasp nan consistency if you're not injured. There's truthful galore variables.

"The much you deliberation astir it... you're going to conscionable beryllium tired from it. All I tin really do is conscionable do my best. I'd emotion to spell again.

"Marcus [Smith], George Ford, Fin Smith, Jack Crowley, Ross Bird - there's truthful galore others who want to go."

Russell helped Bath scope past season's Premiership final, wherever they mislaid to Northampton Saints - "I'm beautiful lucky, actually, I tin get complete it rather quickly" - and stayed astatine location this summertime while Scotland toured.

The erstwhile Glasgow Warriors and Racing 92 subordinate precocious became a begetter for nan 2nd clip and weighted nan clip off.

"My lifestyle's changed a batch since having kids," he said. "At my age, stage, it's astir apt a bully thing.

"I'd for illustration to deliberation I'm rather hands-on. I effort and do what I can."