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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWelsh Lions keep their feet up as mates toil
NONE the worse for their summer exertions in New Zealand, a trio of Lions made it onto the starting grid for...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLions star pens new Wasps deal
British and Irish Lions and England international Elliot Daly has extended his contract with Wasps. The 24 year-old, who started every...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLions scrum-half Webb is touted around Top 14
Dual contract: Rhys Webb RHYS WEBB looks set to become the latest member of Warren Gatland’s squad to become a target...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoWales clear way to pick all four of their Lions
By PETER JACKSON WALES will give all four of their English-based Lions a clear run to the World Cup by removing...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHeald hopes his Lions can roar louder
NATIONAL LEAGUE 2 NORTH PREVIEW Leicester Lions are hoping to challenge for promotion after finishing on the podium last season but...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSarries may call for their Lions to bite the Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Saracens …49 Timisoara …0 SARACENS face a tough call on whether to involve any of their returning Lions...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoEngland tour was just what I needed after Lions setback
England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells NEALE HARVEY how he has overcome his Lions disappointment and is targeting silverware with...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLions prop commits to Harlequins until 2021
Harlequins have today announced that England and British and Irish Lions prop Joe Marler has committed his long-term future to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoOld Albanian 47 L Lions 31
IN what was an entertaining affair, Old Albanian came out victors against Leicester Lions in a game of three halves. OAs...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEngland tour was just what I needed after Lions setback
Q&A JOE LAUNCHBURY ON THE RECORD On the charge for Wasps: Joe Launchbury England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDeacon confident that Loughborough links can create more Lions for Tigers
Confident: Brett Deacon LEICESTER development coach Brett Deacon believes closer ties with Loughborough University will reinvigorate the club’s academy pipeline and...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWinter’s content after watching young guns put Lions to the sword
By SAM JACKSON L Lions …19 Coventry …48 COVENTRY began their promotion-chasing season with convincing friendly win on the road at...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Baa-baas ‘Test’ would solve the Lions tour conundrum
Sometimes you have to ask why people ask questions when something has already been decided upon and accepted by all. I...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLions set for another epic with the Kiwis
SUPERRUGBY By SAM JACKSON A LATE long-distance penalty from wing Ruan Combrinck helped the Lions edge the Sharks 23-21 in the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLions will aim to give Ackerman a proper send-off
HAVING ended the regular season as top seeds on the overall Super Rugby standings, I believe the Lions can go all...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBaa-baas ‘Test’ would solve the Lions tour conundrum
Arguably the best try in rugby history: Fans would have chance to see such Barbarians brilliance again PICTURE: Getty Images Sometimes...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLions will be rested in Autumn says Jones
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones believes the drawn Lions series has exposed concerns over the All Blacks’ depth in specific positions. New...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoScots can have no complaints over Lions selection says Sean Maitland
Warren Gatland named only two Scottish players – Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour – in his initial squad announcement
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Features
/ 9 years agoDid Poite let Lions off twice?
AMIDthe microscopic analysis of Romain Poite’s volte face on the penalty decision in the last Test, another question over the same...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDon’t be blinkered, the Lions are all about cash
COLIN BOAG How much money do you think was generated from the Lions tour of New Zealand? Your guess is as...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLions attacking skills were shining ‘diamond’ bright
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK THE Sean O’Brien try against New Zealand in the first Test was the best of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoScots can’t moan over Lions says Maitland
By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Sean Maitland SCOTLANDwing Sean Maitland reckons his countrymen can have no complaints over a lack of Lions...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHow Lions rated on tour – man by man
Nick Cain spent seven weeks touring with the British and Irish Lions, watching every minute they played. Here he presents his...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWill president Spencer fight to save the Lions?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Roaring with the Lions: Manager John Spencer celebrates at the end of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaracens chairman proposes a balancing act to solve Lions/Premiership Rugby dispute
Saracens chairman Nigel Wray reckons staging Lions ‘tours’ within the British Isles would offer a radical solution to the rancorous issue...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoReview: Slow start saw Lions move from strength to strength before springing into life
Match 1, June 3: Provincial Barbarians 7 British and Irish Lions 13 Okara Park, Whangarei, 19,951 Barely 72 hours off the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSpencer at war with Bill Beaumont over shorter Lions tour schedule
JOHN Spencer launched an unprecedented attack on World Rugby on the eve of the Lions third Test decider against New Zealand,...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoVocal sea of red prove rugby still has its romance, says Lions legend John Taylor
It was Ian McGeechan, long before he was knighted, who said one of the most difficult things you have to come...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoKyle Sinckler arrested in Auckland hours after Lions final Test
British & Irish Lions prop Kyle Sinckler was arrested by Auckland authorities in the early hours of Sunday morning following an...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoWow, what an epic as Lions hold their nerve!
From NICK CAIN IN Aukland OWEN FARRELL explained how he had kept cool to land the 47 metre penalty that earned...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoWhitelock fancies another crack at Lions in November
ALL Blacks second row Samuel Whitelock admitted he’d be interested in a possible rematch with the British & Irish Lions after...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoLions win the song contest
THE reluctance of New Zealand crowds to get behind their team has always been a problem. So, knowing how vocal the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoI suspect Gatland feared the Lions would lose this one
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Tough call: Jerome Kaino wraps up Alun Wyn Jones after catching him...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoSpencer at war with Beaumont over shorter Lions tour schedule
Nick Cain talks to Lions manager John Spencer about the future of the touring side World Rugby chairman: Bill Beaumont Together:...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoTired old start but, boy, did these Lions spring to life
BRENDAN GALLAGHER reviews the last five weeks and picks out his big winners and losers Match 1, June 3: Provincial Barbarians...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoLions would simply tear Pumas apart
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I MUST say I...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoThere’s a word for this great pride of Lions – Remarkable!
From NICK CAIN at Eden Park, Auckland Unapposed: Jordie Barrett scores the All Blacks’ second try Lethal: Owen Farrell kicks a...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoCrying shame there’s no fourth Test to show how great Lions could be
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Not enough time: Rhys Webb had more to offer WHAT a whirlpool of emotions it was on the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Lions should have taken 45 players in first place
Replacement strategies are becoming the bane of Lions tours, as the furore around the ‘Geography Six’ – the late call-ups to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: One match to go, and these Lions could end up legends
With the mid-week games over and just one game to go, I am already suffering from Lions fatigue and can’t wait...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSame players trusted by Lions ahead of Series decider
The British & Irish Lions have named an unchanged starting line-up and bench for the decisive third Test against New Zealand...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOdds aren’t in favour of British & Irish Lions in next All Blacks game
In an interview before the match on Saturday, 24th June, Harry Ellis praised Warren Gatland‘s talent as a coach and injected...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions prove they have stomach for the battle
To beat an All Blacks side that have lost only six games since the World Cup in 2011 – and not...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoMomentum is with the Lions now says Davies
From ALEX BYWATER in Wellington Almost there: Conor Murray celebrates with Taulupe Faletau after scoring the Lions’ second try PICTURE: Getty...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoLions should have taken 45 players in first place
REPLACEMENT strategies are becoming the bane of Lions tours, as the furore around the ‘Geography Six’ – the late call-ups to...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoExhausted Lions blunted by Gatland’s bench policy
Hurricanes 31pts Tries: Gibbins 27, Laumape 41, Goosen 68, Fifita 71 Conversions: Barrett 29, 43, 68, 71 Penalties: Barrett 50 British...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoOne match to go, and these Lions could end up legends
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the mid-week games over and just one game to go, I...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoSo what next to save Lions from being an anachronism?
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the Lions could reinvent themselves in the coming seasons THE British and Irish Lions need to...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoWhen the Lions roamed the Pampas
The Lions staged three tours to Argentina in the early days before giving up on the idea. The 1910 tour was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoFuture of Lions rests with global season
I AGREE that the future of the Lions is in serious doubt. There was a great opportunity to support them when...
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