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Josh Adams on trail of great O’Reilly | Peter Jackson

Josh Adams’ try-scoring record is very close to being unmatched

HEADING for Worcester after being released by the Scarlets some years back, Josh Adams can scarcely have imagined that the road to the West Midlands would take him into a Lions’ paradise.
Seven tries from successive matches in South Africa means the Welshman has gone one better than arguably the most famous of all his predecessors, a Dubliner of such renown that he ended up running the global baked bean empire of HJ Heinz & Co in Pittsburgh.
Tony O’Reilly scored six tries in four days during the Lions’ tour of South Africa in 1955 – three against North-Eastern Districts, three more at ...

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