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Peter Jackson: The British and Irish Lions fail to impress Paul Turner

Peter Jackson:

From the early days in Newbridge through to Sale’s rise as champions of England, Paul Turner has built an admirable track record for innovation, an endless quest to make the game more entertaining. He saw none of that from the Lions in Australia.

“Boring rugby from the Lions,’’ Turner wrote on X.
“No invention. No superstars. No individualism. The attritional arm-wrestle stuff is equivalent to what Pep has done to football. Pragmatism over entertainment.’’
John Devereux, a Test Lion when Finlay Calder’s squad came from behind to beat the Wallabies 2-1 in 1989, posted a similar verdict: “The...

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