Kammala wannan jumla: Dawes kuma ya horar da
1977 British Lions yawon shakatawa zuwa New Zealand, 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.