If Mr Dimon stays more than five years, the next leader is more likely to come from a crop of forty-somethings who have penetrated the top ranks, such as Mike Cavanagh, the finance chief, and Mary Callahan Erdoes, the new head of asset-management.

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Of this crop, only Cheeseman, Evans and Bishop have been playing top-level professional rugby with any sort of regularity, although Bishop is more of an outside centre than the 12 Wales are seeking.

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Whereas some of the last crop of top players decided to play for Germany rather than Poland -- such as Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski -- in Borussia Dortmund's striker Robert Lewandowski and captain Jakub "Kuba" Blaszczykowski the country has two players that would grace any team at the Euros.

CNN: June 8, 2012 -- Updated 1346 GMT (2146 HKT)