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Guscott column: Lions must be ready, Springboks will only get better

31 March 2020 0 comments

For a third consecutive tour of South Africa, the British & Irish Lions will be facing a world champion team

The Scotland players NOT named Stuart Hogg who Jim Telfer believes should go on the Lions tour

17 March 2020 0 comments

Telfer sees two players in the Scotland team who can help the Lions against the might of the Springbok pack

Probyn column: It’s time to be realistic about Lions tours

19 December 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn ponders how quickly the Lions will adapt to playing at altitude in their 2021 tour of South Africa

Jackson column: Days of romance, song and drama with Lions

11 December 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks back on the 1955 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, when attitudes were different but the rugby just as dramatic

British & Irish Lions 2021 tour of South Africa schedule release

4 December 2019 0 comments

The Lions will play the world champion Springboks at three massive stadiums in 2021

British & Irish Lions appoint Jason Leonard as new chairman

18 April 2019 0 comments

Lions legend succeeds Tom Grace as chairman

Cain column: Don’t sacrifice Lions Tour for a duff cup competition

13 November 2018 0 comments

Killing off the Lions Tour is criminal, writes Nick Cain

Wales to get £1.25m payout from Lions tour of New Zealand

2 May 2018 0 comments

All is good for Wales, but Peter Jackson says all is not well as future Lions tours face threats

British & Irish Lions mark 130th anniversary with one-off ceremonial caps

26 April 2018 0 comments

Lions chiefs launch idea to honour all current and previous players to have donned the famous jersey

England tour was just what I needed after Lions setback

19 August 2017 0 comments

England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells NEALE HARVEY how he has overcome his Lions disappointment and is targeting silverware with club and country. How […]

Jeff Probyn: Baa-baas ‘Test’ would solve the Lions tour conundrum

27 July 2017 0 comments

Sometimes you have to ask why people ask questions when something has already been decided upon and accepted by all. I had a meeting earlier […]

Jacko column: Warburton an invaluable role model for all

19 July 2017 0 comments

By Peter Jackson No matter what happens from now on, nothing will stop Sam Warburton taking up permanent residence in that part of the pantheon […]

Saracens chairman proposes a balancing act to solve Lions/Premiership Rugby dispute

13 July 2017 0 comments

Saracens chairman Nigel Wray reckons staging Lions ‘tours’ within the British Isles would offer a radical solution to the rancorous issue of scheduling and player […]

Kyle Sinckler arrested in Auckland hours after Lions final Test

11 July 2017 0 comments

British & Irish Lions prop Kyle Sinckler was arrested by Auckland authorities in the early hours of Sunday morning following an altercation. A statement released […]

Nick Cain: Lions should have taken 45 players in first place

7 July 2017 0 comments

Replacement strategies are becoming the bane of Lions tours, as the furore around the ‘Geography Six’ – the late call-ups to this squad –has thrown […]