As expected, injuries have forced the hand of the Lions selectors, and the fine centre combination of Jamie Roberts and Brian O’Driscoll will not be seen again this weekend.
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In a slightly irritating move, Peter de Villiers has made ten changes to his Springbok team for the Third Test against the Lions.
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The dates for Scrum on the Beach 2009 have been announced, with another eight events taking place across the country.
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It’s fair to say that there has been a fair amount of controversy, crossed words and fury from both the Springbok and the Lions camp since the Second Test ended in defeat on Saturday.
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England is likely to be chosen to host the Rugby World Cup in 2015, giving them a great chance to successfully defend their title on home soil.
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All this talk of the Lions as an outdated concept is utter nonsense. How anyone can have watched the first two Tests and still believe that this should be the last Lions tour is so far beyond me that I cannot see it.
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It is hard to put into words how the players and supporters of the British and Irish Lions were feeling on Saturday evening. By Sunday morning they will have been completely numb, either from drinking through the disappointment or from having shut the whole thing out of their brains altogether. Over time, a few key words have come to the fore in picking over the bones of the bravest, yet most painful of defeats.
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Schalk Burger has received an 8-week ban for this horrific offence in the first minute of the Second Test on Saturday.
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I love rugby union and I love the Lions. I loved every second of those two test matches and I wish I didn’t have to wait another four years before experiencing that again. I haven’t felt as emotionally charged watching my two other favourite teams, Wasps and England, in five years or more.
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The Springboks avenged defeat in 1997 with a series win over the Lions in Pretoria, after a thrilling game that the Lions could well have won.
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