Connect with us

Features

Losing to the Boks in ‘68 set Lions’ foundation for glory days to come

BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back at the muchmaligned Lions tour to South Africa in 1968

Casualty: Barry John had his collarbone broken

FIFTY years ago this weekend the 1968 Lions beat Western Transvaal 20-12 at Potchefstroom at the start of a threemonth tour that historically has gone down as little more than a footnote.
Sandwiched between the glories of 1971 and 1974 and the disappointment of unsuccessful trips in 1962 and 1966, it was chalked up as another Lions failure ‘down south’ and rarely gets mentioned other than some rather overblown references to a couple of instances...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

The best betting sites

Globusbet

the best minimum deposit £5 casinos casinobonusesfinder

Full list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com kasyna akceptujące paypal

online casinoFill Your Boots

free bets

online bookmakerFull list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com

GGBetBanner Depicting Therealefl.co.uk an affiliate site for Licensed UKGC Football bookmakers.

More in Features