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Stewart McKinney recalls the brutal Lions days of ’74

Long before the Lions failed to turn up in Sydney for their shot at something historic, one of their Old Invincibles had no choice but to give it a miss.
Back home in Dungannon, Stewart McKinney did so for reasons far removed from any anxiety at the prospect of watching a Lions squad complete an unbeaten tour for the first time since his riotous safari all over South Africa in 1974.
Like his exceptional back row English contemporaries Andy Ripley and Tony Neary, McKinney missed the cut for the Test team, in his case despite pulling the Lions out of their tightest corner, at Bloemfontein agai...

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