Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dawes kuma ya horar da yawon shakatawa na British Lions zuwa New Zealand a shekarar 1977
, amma bai iya maimaita nasarar 1971 ba. Ian McGeechan ya ce game da wannan yawon shakatawa "watakila John, ɗan wasa na halitta da jagora a zamaninsa, ba shi da kyau a sanya abubuwa a gaba", amma wasu sun nuna cewa Lions na 1977 sun kusan zana jerin, kuma cewa yawon shakatawa na Lions na gaba zuwa New Zealand ya fi muni.