Ku sii qor faqradan - Dawes wuxuu sidoo kale tababari jiray safarkii British Lions ee 1977 ee New Zealand
, laakin ma awoodin in ay ku celiso guushii 1971. Ian McGeechan wuxuu ka yiri safarkan "laga yaabee in John, oo ah ciyaaryahan dabiici ah iyo hogaamiye waqtigiisii, uusan aheyn mid aad u fiican oo wax ku soo bandhigi kara", laakiin kuwa kale waxay tilmaameen in Lions-ka 1977 ay ku dhawaadeen inay jabiyaan taxanaha, iyo in booqashooyinka Lions-ka ee New Zealand ay aad uga sii darnaadeen.