Ollie’s Lions record falls at Murrayfield after 16 years

PETER JACKSONTHE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

For more than 16 years, Ollie Smith of Leicester and England held a Lions record of such rarity that not even he realised it. His unique status went all the way back to a Monday night in Cardiff during late May 2005 before a crowd of more than 60,000. It lasted until 13 minutes after three yesterday afternoon when Josh Adams touched down.Throughout that time Smith stood as the only player to score a try for the Lions in an official Test match played this side of the Equator. The fact that no such fixture had been repeated until Japan emerged ...

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