Ireland have shown us how to win, says Spencer

By GUY WILLIAMS
THE Lions are more than capable of achieving a massive upset against the All Blacks this summer if they can reproduce the sort of pressure that Ireland put on them in their victory in Chicago last autumn.
Tour manager and former England captain John Spencer, a Lions tourist on the successful trip to NZ in 1971, told TRP: “I’m very confident it can be done again. This will probably be the strongest team to leave our shores. It’s great to take Irish players who’ve already beaten the All Blacks.
“The 1971 team are a real inspiration, too. We didn&r...

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