British & Irish Lions

  • Lions head home with heads held high

    Lions head home with heads held high

    The British and Irish Lions ended their tour on a high note with a Test victory over the World Champions, ending their run of seven straight defeats and hopefully ending all talk of their lack of future.

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  • Predictions for the Lions Test series finale

    Predictions for the Lions Test series finale

    The British and Irish Lions sign off for another four years in the Third Test tomorrow after two of the greatest Lions tests against South Africa.

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  • Lions Team for Third Test against South Africa

    Lions Team for Third Test against South Africa

    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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  • Springboks make 10 changes for Third Test

    Springboks make 10 changes for Third Test

    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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  • Lions Third Test could be an 80-minute brawl

    Lions Third Test could be an 80-minute brawl

    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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  • The last ever Lions Tour?

    The last ever Lions Tour?

    All this talk of the Lions as an outdated concept is utter nonsense.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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  • Picking over the bones of the cruellest of cruel defeats

    Picking over the bones of the cruellest of cruel defeats

    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...

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  • The Schalk Burger eye gouging incident

    The Schalk Burger eye gouging incident

    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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