predecessor

Farrell's opposite number in next year's Lions series will be Joe Schmidt, his predecessor in Dublin, who narrowly missed out on a winning return to Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

However, as any of her predecessors could have told Duterte, the vice-presidency is largely ceremonial, and has few powers.

He was new to the role in April, when he became the youngest person to lead the Republic of Ireland at 37 after his predecessor Leo Varadkar stepped down.

Davies said he was just asking people's views, but his predecessor Lord Bourne warned the party against going down a "blind alley".

But, just like his Sky Blues predecessor, Lampard couldn’t quite revisit the promised land.