All posts tagged "British and Irish Lions"
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/ 13 years agoEwen McKenzie replaces Robbie Deans
Ewen McKenzie has been named as the new Australia head coach, the Australian Rugby Union announced today. The Queensland Reds boss...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoMako Vunipola will be best prop in world says Saracens coach
Public opinion might suggest Mako Vunipola was taught a lesson in Melbourne, but Saracens forwards coach Alex Sanderson is adamant that...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoBritish & Irish Lions beat Australia to claim first series in 16 years
The British & Irish Lions have won their first Test Series in 16 years after a 41-16 thumping of Australia in...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Don’t be fooled, the Lions are no angels
Every once in a while, the game is brought into more disrepute by the judiciary than by those dragged before them...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Horwill’s escape is latest great stitch-up
The James Horwill incident is the straw that broke the camel’s back. When the Australian captain was exonerated by Kiwi QC...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Cuthbert’s knee-drop was as bad as Horwill’s ‘stamp’
The IRB’s decision to call for a re-trial of Australian captain James Horwill re the stamping charge he was cleared of...
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/ 13 years agoWallabies call on George Smith for decider
Robbie Deans has called on George Smith as he named his Wallabies side to face the British & Irish Lions in...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoLion Leigh Halfpenny ‘could be explosive like Israel Folau’
The man who gave George North his scything sidestep and Israel Folau his kangaroo kick believes Leigh Halfpenny combines the best...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions must play Welsh way and look for tries
As much as we Lions supporters didn’t want it to go to the last game we really do have something special...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoRoberts returns but BOD dropped for Lions in Series decider
Warren Gatland has dropped Brian O’Driscoll from his British & Irish Lions matchday squad ahead of the Series decider against Australia...
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/ 13 years agoHorwill cleared to play in decider
Australia captain James Horwill is free to play in Saturday’s decider against the British & Irish Lions after the IRB appeal...
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/ 13 years agoSam Warburton out of Series decider
British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton will miss the Series decider in Sydney on Saturday with a hamstring injury. The...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoAustralia beat British & Irish Lions to set up Sydney decider
Rookie Christian Lealiifano kicked a last-gasp conversion for Australia as they leveled the series against the British & Irish Lions with...
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/ 13 years agoIRB to appeal James Horwill decision
The International Rugby Board has today confirmed it will appeal the James Horwill disciplinary decision following an extensive review of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Now Gatland knows some players aren’t good enough
A disaster, a loss of momentum, overplaying in the conditions and a drop in standards were the words and phrases used...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Lions tour? Aussies couldn’t give S***!
On the eve of the Brumbies game there was a Wallabies v Lions gala dinner held in the great hall of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: North and Folau made this a truly great Test
What a match, what an occasion. So many times these events don’t live up to the hype. But the entrance price...
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/ 13 years agoPlayers watch: Lions v Rebels
The British and Irish Lions last midweek fixture on tour provided fringe players their final opportunity to put their hands up...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoBritish & Irish Lions keep Melbourne Rebels scoreless
Despite an average performance, The British & Irish Lions have won their last midweek game on tour beating the Melbourne Rebels...
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/ 13 years agoBOD: “James Horwill is a lucky boy”
Brian O’Driscoll says Australia captain is a “lucky boy” after being cleared of stamping on Alun-Wyn Jones in the first Test...
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/ 13 years agoFractured arm rules Paul O’Connell out
British & Irish Lions lock Paul O’Connell will miss the rest of the series against Australia with a fractured arm. The...
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/ 13 years agoJames Horwill cleared of stamping
Wallabies captain James Horwill has been cleared of stamping on British & Irish Lions lock Alun-Wyn Jones in the first Test...
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/ 13 years agoTom Court answers Lions SOS call
Tom Court has been called up by the British & Irish Lions as injury cover for Alex Corbisiero. The England prop...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoBritish & Irish Lions win first Test against Wallabies
The British and Irish Lions beat Australia 23-21 in a brutal first Test in Brisbane to take a 1-0 advantage in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Lions must copy All Blacks hatred of complacency
As the Lions continue their winning ways Down Under putting virtual cricket scores on all they meet, there are still some...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain sizes up the task ahead of the Lions in Saturday’s first Test in Brisbane
Mike Phillips versus Will Genia is the one clash which seems to encapsulate better than any the differences between the Lions...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoNew Lion Billy Twelvetrees was once allowed to escape as a Tiger
Billy Twelvetrees has gone from uncapped England contender to Lions tourist in the space of five months but, remarkably, he was...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Paul O’Connell could take over from captain Sam Warburton
There have been some stand-out performances by the Lions and perhaps more questions raised than answered. It’s disappointing the opposition haven’t...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Remember Finlay Calder and stick with Sam Warburton
Sam Warburton‘s selection as Lions captain was under serious scrutiny before last night’s crushing of the Waratahs, but the Welsh openside...
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/ 13 years agoWallabies confirm first Test XV
Ben Mowen, Christian Leali’ifano and Israel Folau will all make their international debuts for Ausralia after being named in Robbie Deans’ starting XV to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoGeorge North will be a Saints idol ‘with Stephen Myler’s help’
Former Northampton star winger Jon Sleightholme has backed Stephen Myler to load the bullets for George North to fire in the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Richard Hibbard, from dog-house to life with the big cats
Richard Hibbard came home from Australia this time last year fearing the worst, that he would never play for Wales again....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Croft gets my vote and there’s no Sam!
Warren Gatland wanted standout performances to cement Test selection and he certainly got some against the Waratahs. A handful of guys...
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/ 13 years agoLions v Wallabies: Video preview
Ahead of the first Test between the British & Irish Lions and Australia, Matt Stevens, Richie Gray and Justin Tipuric talk...
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/ 13 years agoGeorge North fit to face Wallabies
George North has been passed fit to face the Wallabies on Saturday. The Wales winger sustained a hamstring injury last week...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoJustin Tipuric’s the flanker for me, says Jim Telfer
Warren Gatland has backed himself into a corner by naming Sam Warburton as Lions captain according to Jim Telfer, who believes Justin...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoFirst taste of defeat for outplayed British & Irish Lions against Brumbies
The Brumbies outplayed the British & Irish Lions to claim a famous 14-12 win in Canberra today. True to their style,...
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/ 13 years agoChristian Wade and Brad Barritt called by Lions
Christian Wade and Brad Barritt has been called up to join the British & Irish Lions as injury cover for Jamie...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoBritish & Irish Lions beat Waratahs but lose Jamie Roberts
The British & Irish Lions overcame a plucky New South Wales Waratahs to maintain their one hundred percent record with a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: No retaliation? That leaves players open to attack
I apologise if I sound like angry from Tunbridge Wells but am I the only one a little puzzled by all...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Our power defence will have worried Wallabies
There’s a reason why this was billed as the fourth Test and the Reds duly obliged in asking questions of Warren...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Why it may pay to keep faith with Vunipolas
Before she takes morning service at Avenue Methodist Church in High Wycombe today (last Sunday), the Reverend Singa Vunipola will say...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: The folly of Foley could kill off the Lions tours
Michael Foley played against the 2001 Lions four times. Once at hooker for the Queensland Reds, and three times for the...
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/ 13 years agoPaul O’Connell alongside Richie Gray for me – Simon Shaw
The lack of a traditional heavyweight lock could see Richie Gray earn a spot in the Lions Test team, according to...
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/ 13 years agoWarren Gatland calls on Billy Twelvetrees
Billy Twelvetrees will leave England‘s tour of Argentina and travel to Australia to join the British & Irish Lions. The England...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain wonders why the Lions have not turned to the obvious choice as they tackle front row crisis
The departure lounges of airports as distant from each other as Durban and Buenos Aires have been busy over the last...
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/ 13 years agoGreenwood: “12-13 Test players will face Tahs”
Former British & Irish LIons centre Will Greenwood expects to see between 12 and 13 players that will make up the...
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/ 13 years agoSuffering Lions ‘should have called up wrecker Andrew Sheridan’
As Lions props drop by the day, former Wallaby front row Matt Dunning admits he cannot believe Warren Gatland has not...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoTen-try rout for sloppy British & Irish Lions in Newcastle
The British & Irish remained unbeaten in their tour of Australia with a 64-0 win over the New South Wales and...
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/ 13 years agoWallabies call-up for Luke Morahan
Robbie Deans has called Queensland Reds winger Luke Morahan to join the Wallabies ahead of Test series against the British &...












