BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back at 1983 when the Lions suffered badly from selection mistakes

Clash of the giants: Maurice Colclough jumps against Andy Haden

Ollie Campbell clears the ball upfield

Flat out: Roy Laidlaw gets the ball away in the third Test

With two of the great Lions figures at the helm –Willie John McBride and Jim Telfer – you would think the 1983 Lions would have been in safe hands but ultimately this turned into a controversial and illstarred tour resulting in a 4-0 series win to the All Blacks, the second time the Lions had been whitewashed in New Zeala...