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Lions outlast Pau in 80-point thriller

15 December 2024 0 comments
Champions Cup

The Lions got off the mark in the Challenge Cup with a win against Section Paloise in a 10-try thriller that was twice delayed due […]

Sloot rescues the Club from Lions

15 December 2024 0 comments
National League One

■ By GRAHAM COX Blackheath………….22 Leicester Lions….. 19 NOAH Sloot’s try with just two minutes remaining rescued Blackheath from a calamitous spell post-interval when Leicester […]

My British & Irish Lions team are ready for take-off

8 December 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Miscellaneous Nick Cain

By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week… There is a view that picking a Lions Test team almost seven months before the […]

Lions savour first back-to back wins

8 December 2024 0 comments
National League One

By JAKE WILSON Leicester L…………..22 Dings……………………. 15 THE Lions made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season in a game that can only […]

Call to double number of Lions tours

8 December 2024 0 comments
Latest News

Podcast ■By CAMERON STEPHENS AUSTRALIAN rugby commentator Sean Maloney believes the British & Irish Lions tour should shift to touring every two years instead of […]

S4, E14: Autumn Series ends and British & Irish Lions tour taking shape with Sean Maloney

3 December 2024 0 comments
Podcast

Joe Schmidt: We’ll give Lions a real test

1 December 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Latest News

By Brendan Gallagher Australia coach Joe Schmidt is optimistic about the Lions challenge next summer after pushing Ireland all the way in Dublin. They came […]

Scotland deserve fair share of British & Irish Lions

1 December 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Chris Hewett Latest News

By Chris Hewett – Thinking Allowed We may be exaggerating here, but not by much: since the wonderful Tom Smith made the last of his […]

Nic White: We’ll make it hard for the Lions

24 November 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions British and Irish Lions Tour Latest News

By Mark Stevens On the rise: Nic White in action for Australia PICTURES: Getty Images Nic White believes Australia have sent a timely reminder to […]

It’s not looking good for Lions from Wales

24 November 2024 0 comments
Latest News Peter Jackson

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ONLY once in the last 100 years have the Lions chosen to play an entire Test series […]

Jason Robinson backs Immanuel Feyi-Waboso to ‘make an impact’ on Lions tour

6 November 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions British and Irish Lions Tour International Rugby

Park run rampant to tame battling Lions

27 October 2024 0 comments
National League One

By GARETH COLLINS Leicester L ….. 24 Rosslyn Park . 48 AN entertaining 11try game between two attack-minded sides went the way of Rosslyn Park […]

Zebre ……………… 9 Lions ……………. 10

20 October 2024 0 comments
United Rugby Championship

THE Lions continued their unbeaten start to the season by edging Zebre in a rain-soaked tight affair. Ivan van Rooyen’s side scored the game’s only […]

Titans put lid on Lions first-half control

13 October 2024 0 comments
National League One

■By HENRY WILLIAMS Leicester L …… 17 Rotherham T . 34 ROTHERHAM turned around a half-time deficit to secure a fifth victory and keep pressure […]

My dream tour: The Lions in Argentina

6 October 2024 0 comments
Features

OF COURSE, the British and Irish Lions should be touring Argentina, I’ve been arguing the case for 20 years or more. As a rugby nation […]

Rams celebrate 100 years with Lions mauling

6 October 2024 0 comments
National League One

■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ……………………54 Leicester Lions ….29 RAMS celebrated their centenary in style with an eight-try home success against Leicester Lions. Tom Vooght put […]

Scott Sio: Lions are in for a shock

29 September 2024 0 comments
Latest News

By Mark Stevens Scott Sio is backing the Wallabies to give the Lions a fright next summer after their recent upturn under Joe Schmidt. They […]

Why Lions should go to South America

29 September 2024 0 comments
Latest News

Rugby soothsayers have been known to be wrong – precisely none of them foretold that Argentina would beat all three SANZAAR teams in this year’s […]

Lions on song to subdue Ulster

29 September 2024 0 comments
United Rugby Championship

By Sam Jackson Lions …………….35 Ulster…………….22 The Lions grabbed a bonus point win to kick off their season in front of an almost empty Ellis […]

Sterland helps the Lions to rediscover their roar

29 September 2024 0 comments
National League One

■By PHIL THOMAS Leicester L ……29 Sedgley P ……..23 LEICESTER Lions secured their first win of the season in a tough contest against Sedgley Park […]

Lions eye top tier

29 September 2024 0 comments
Club Rugby Latest News

News BOURNEMOUTH Lions, who play in the sixth tier Regional Two South Central league, have aspirations to reach the Premiership within 10 years under new […]

Plymouth Albion withstand Lions’ late charge

22 September 2024 0 comments
National League One

By Paddy Marsh Plymouth A………….27 Leicester Lions…..22 Plymouth recorded their first win of the season with a hard-earned win over Leicester, who are still looking […]

Magic of the Lions will attract record crowd

15 September 2024 0 comments
Latest News Peter Jackson

By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know At the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 25 next year, the Lions will shatter all […]

Clinical Moseley give Lions lesson in finishing

15 September 2024 0 comments
National League One

■By LUKE BROWN Leicester L …….. 7 B Moseley ……. 21 A WARM day at Westleigh Park offered the perfect conditions for running rugby, but […]

LETTER: Finn Russell third choice for 2021 British & Irish Lions

1 September 2024 0 comments
Latest News Letters

How can Jeremy Guscott claim Finn Russell was the No.1 fly-half selection after the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa?

Huw Jones urges Scotland team-mates to produce strong season in Lions tour bid

29 August 2024 0 comments
Autumn Internationals British and Irish Lions Latest News United Rugby Championship

The Scots had eight players involved in the 2021 tour of South Africa. Huw Jones has challenged his Scotland colleagues to produce the season of […]

Finn Russell: I’d love to forge creative axis with Owen Farrell on Lions tour

23 August 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions British and Irish Lions Tour Latest News

An age-old problem for Farrell and Lions

18 August 2024 0 comments
Latest News Nick Cain

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ‘Dad’s Army’: Bundee Aki will be 35 when the Lions arrive in Australia. PICTURES: Getty Images Head […]

Itoje has chance to captain the Lions

11 August 2024 0 comments
Jeremy Guscott Latest News

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK THERE will be a special edge to the coming season because of the 2025 Lions tour of Australia. […]

Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions

4 August 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions British and Irish Lions Tour Latest News Nick Cain

Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat under Joe Schmidt.

Fearless beach boy who ran with Lions

4 August 2024 0 comments
Latest News Peter Jackson

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER Morgan’s day would begin at the crack of dawn on a Pembrokeshire shore with his faithful […]

Lions must work for pack

4 August 2024 0 comments
Features

A YEAR AHEAD OF THE 2025 LIONS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, PAUL REES LOOKS AT HOW ANDY FARRELL’S TEAM MIGHT LINE UP THE Lions tour to […]

’74 Lions failed to impress the doyen

4 August 2024 0 comments
Features

NO sooner had I finished my trip down memory lane last week with the 1974 Lions than I stumbled across John Reason’s book on the […]

Wales in danger of a Lions wipe out

28 July 2024 0 comments
Latest News Peter Jackson

PETER JACKSON – THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW EVER since the ‘British Isles Rugby Union Team’ became the Lions 100 years ago this summer, they […]

Lions winger was AAA champion

7 July 2024 0 comments
Letters

FURTHER to Rob Cole’s article on rugby’s fastest players, John Young played on the wing for England and the Lions (1959 tour) he also won […]

The British & Irish Lions are back!

5 July 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Latest News

England starting to look like Lions

2 June 2024 0 comments
Jeremy Guscott

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK A year out from the 2025 Lions tour of Australia it’s still hard to imagine that the Irish […]

Lawes still has Lions in his sights

26 May 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Nick Cain

Courtney Lawes was typically modest when he was presented with the Rugby Union Writers Club’s prestigious Pat Marshall Award as the outstanding Rugby Personality of […]

Warriors ripped apart by 13 Lions

19 May 2024 0 comments
United Rugby Championship

By BRYN PALMER Lions …………….44 Glasgow………. 21 Glasgow’s hopes of a top-two finish suffered a major blow in Johannesburg as the 14-man Lions kept their […]

50 years ago, the Lions start to sweat

12 May 2024 0 comments
Brendan Gallagher British and Irish Lions Rugby Matters

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER At the start of the year, this column promised to dip into […]

Lions …………….13 Munster ………33

28 April 2024 0 comments
United Rugby Championship

By KEVIN FALLON GRAHAM Rowntree was extremely proud of his men as the champions wrapped up a second bonus point in succession in South Africa. […]

Lions survive as Patrick heroics seal late glory

28 April 2024 0 comments
National League One

By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC…………… 14pts Tries: Doherty 31, Walsh 50 Conversions: Robins 32, 51 Leicester L …….23pts Tries: Patrick 27, 76 Conversions: Lewis 28, […]

Former Lions prop O’Shea dies at 83

28 April 2024 0 comments
Latest News

FORMER Wales and British and Irish Lions prop John O’Shea died last week in Australia aged 83 after a lengthy illness. O’Shea, who won five […]

Ex-Lions and Wales prop O’Shea dies at 83

24 April 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Latest News

Women’s Lions sponsors will provide funding to avoid imbalance

16 April 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Latest News

Lewis leads the Lions to a vital victory

14 April 2024 0 comments
National League One

By ANDY HASTINGS Leicester L ….. 43 Darlington MP 10 LEICESTER Lions are a step closer to safety with a convincing bonus-point victory over Mowden […]

Ryan leading from the front as Lions are tamed

7 April 2024 0 comments
National League One

By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor…………. 42pts Tries: Ryan 1 and 80, James-Carter 19, Passman 27, Cross 51, Worboys 57 Conversions: Worboys 2, 20, 28, 52, 58, […]

Let’s hope the Lions can find their roar

31 March 2024 0 comments
British and Irish Lions Chris Hewett

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IN THE unlikely event that anyone out there is still searching for something nice to say about the British and Irish […]