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Hungry Lions Ready To Hunt Down Battling Boks: My British and Irish Lions XV

A patchy but ultimately enthralling Six Nations campaign reached its breathless climax on Saturday, but already teams of the tournament have been put to bed and the focus shifts to the British and Irish Lions tour this summer...

Written by Ed Pearce about 8 months ago 112 reads 2 comments
Summing Up the British and Irish Lions Test Performance

I will no doubt have a bash once I have had a chance to watch the second and third tests again (pub viewing not the best conditions for analysis although the craic is better)...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 4 months ago 16 reads 0 comments
Is Big Nathan the New Rocky?

Rocky Elsom that is, not Balboa. After his Wikipedia entry was recently amended to suggest he would be moving to Wales (the Ospreys and the Scarlets simultaneously), it seems that Scottish Lion ...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 4 months ago 87 reads 1 comments
Ford Stays On the Bench

No sign of big Nathan sadly, but with Shaw’s phenomenal performance last week it is understandable. Less understandable is bringing Worsley in at 6...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 4 months ago 11 reads 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Left To Lick Their Wounds

Rarely has the cruelty of sport at the highest level been so clear to see as on the faces of the British and Irish Lions players after the second Test in Pretoria...

Written by Steve Munford about 4 months ago 61 reads 0 comments
Scotland A-Team Wins, Lions Almost Do

Some good games at the weekend there including a solid result for Andy Robinson’s A Team, which saw the Scots win their first piece of silverware in years...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 5 months ago 16 reads 0 comments
Some British and Irish Lions Factoids

In honour of what we hope will be a great test match today, here are some Lions "Did You Know?" facts in relation to the first Test side announced today, courtesy of the Lions press department: ...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 5 months ago 48 reads 0 comments
Why I Support The Lions

Yesterday saw the announcement of a Lions Test 22 shorn of any Scottish representation. For some Scottish fans that may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back—no Scots equals no ...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 5 months ago 14 reads 0 comments
A Game of Two (Scrum) Halves

With a wee ankle strain keeping him out of Saturday’s game, Mike’s last chance to try and sneak onto the bench for the test will be Tuesday. With Mike Phillips now a certainty for the No...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 5 months ago 3 reads 0 comments
Ronan O Gara Is Being Found Out Again

The only player to amass 1000 points in Heineken Cup history. Record points holder in the 6 nations. Ireland and Munster's highest ever points scorer. 2 Heineken cups, A Grand Slam, Magners League and Celtic Cup winner...

Written by Matthew Maloney about 5 months ago 212 reads 2 comments
Jones Gets Late Call

I must be talking about a Welshman, you imagine. Correct. British & Irish Lions Tour Manager, Gerald Davies, and Head Coach Ian McGeechan tonight announced that Ospreys and Wales backrow ...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 5 months ago 255 reads 0 comments
Blair In First Lions' Team of the Tour

Tour Manager Gerald Davies today announced his first British and Irish Lions XV to face the Royal XV in Rustenburg on Saturday, with Mike Blair handed the starting scrum-half berth in a team including tour captain Paul O’Connell...

Written by Rory Baldwin about 6 months ago 63 reads 0 comments
Quinlan Has Himself to Blame for Putting Lions Place in Jeopardy

Alan Quinlan’s summer tour to South Africa is in danger after being cited for allegedly eye-gouging Leinster captain Leo Cullen at Croke Park during the Heineken cup semi-final on Sunday...

Written by James Hutchison about 6 months ago 18 reads 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Fixtures 2009

Here is the fixture list for the British and Irish Lions Tour to South Africa in 2009. You can also add the fixtures to your Microsoft Outlook calendar by right clicking here, and saving the file to your desktop...

Written by James Hutchison about 7 months ago 533 reads 0 comments
Lions Squad Announcement: The Excitement Builds

I could barely sleep last night with excitement about the announcement of the British and Irish Lions squad, which takes place today at 1.30pm...

Written by James Hutchison about 7 months ago 20 reads 0 comments
British Lions Selection for April

With less than one week to go until Ian McGeechan names the squad that he’ll be taking to South Africa, here is my latest view on the Test team...

Written by James Hutchison about 7 months ago 35 reads 0 comments

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British and Irish Lions Article Archive

Hungry Lions Ready To Hunt Down Battling Boks: My British and Irish Lions XV

Summing Up the British and Irish Lions Test Performance

Is Big Nathan the New Rocky?

Ford Stays On the Bench

British and Irish Lions Left To Lick Their Wounds

Scotland A-Team Wins, Lions Almost Do

Some British and Irish Lions Factoids

Why I Support The Lions

A Game of Two (Scrum) Halves

Ronan O Gara Is Being Found Out Again

Jones Gets Late Call

Blair In First Lions' Team of the Tour

Quinlan Has Himself to Blame for Putting Lions Place in Jeopardy

British and Irish Lions Fixtures 2009

Lions Squad Announcement: The Excitement Builds

British Lions Selection for April

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