The decision to drop O’Driscoll. In the week before the final test the media was filled with one message something like the British & Irish Lions had never won a series after losing the second test, that is not the correct line but its pretty close, the psyche of defeat had pervaded almost everyone. We […]
The scene was set @ Banbridge RFC the home of Rory Best to welcome a son of the club home from the Lions VICTORIOUS tour of Oz where he captained the side and along with Ulster man Tommy Bowe and their good friend and fellow Irish Lion Sean O’Brien they spoke candidly and in a […]
This year is the 125th Anniversary of the British & Irish Lions, and a group of ex British and Irish Lions and ex Australian Wallabies rugby union players rode 1,000km over 6 days from Melbourne to Sydney between the 2nd and 3rd tests of the Lions Tour of Australia 2013. The ride carried the official […]
On Saturday 27 June, Microsoft brought a great sporting rivalry to a bitter end when rugby legend and ex-Wallaby captain Michael Lynagh was forced to don a British and Irish Lions Jersey in Federation Square, Melbourne. The public humiliation, was a forfeit for losing the three day challenge that tested the support and devotion of […]
There bit starts at 4 minutes Ten seconds – Michael Cane & Sean Connery eat your heart out! [youtube UhqWUMoDODY]
Amazing how the game sea sawed in the second half, it all started from the Lions scoring a try from their 22, from that moment Australia were beaten and the Lions were still going and going for the cricket score in anticapation of the New Zealand tour in 2017
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