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Townsend: Saracens five will be rejuvenated by Lions selections

9 May 2021 2 comments

Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje, Elliot Daly, Jamie George and Mako Vunipola were all included in Warren Gatland’s Lions squad

Lions squad announcement: Alun Wyn Jones to captain tourists

6 May 2021 2 comments

Wales captain and joint-most capped Test player Alun Wyn Jones selected as Lions captain by head coach Warren Gatland

Lions: Five dark horses for selection from the Premiership

4 May 2021 3 comments

Warren Gatland will make the big announcement on Thursday

All Blacks call for red card trial system to be made law

2 May 2021 1 comment

Brodie Retallick, Beauden Barrett and TJ Perenara share their views on the new laws being trialled in Super Rugby and the Rainbow Cup

Lion king Cotton: Alun Wyn Jones for 2021 captaincy

2 May 2021 2 comments

The experience of Jones reigns above all other contenders for the Lions captaincy, says two-time tourist Fran Cotton

Springbok prop Vincent Koch backs his Sarries mates to step up

2 May 2021 1 comment

Vincent Koch believes Saracens will not be omitted from Warren Gatland’s Lions squad announcement this Thursday, after their relegation to the Championship

‘Heartbroken’ George North learns his Lions dream is over

28 April 2021 0 comments

Ospreys wing George North likely to be out for the rest of 2021 with ruptured ACL injury, ending his British & Irish Lions hopes

Premiership Rugby and Lions reach agreement for clubs to release players

27 April 2021 0 comments

The Lions will play a warm-up match against Japan at Murrayfield on June 26

Anxious wait for Ospreys wing and Lions hopeful George North

25 April 2021 0 comments

Wales wing George North hobbled off in Ospreys win over Cardiff Blues in the Rainbow Cup

Chris Harris can go from Scotland’s defensive rock to Bok basher for Lions

18 April 2021 1 comment

The Gloucester centre starred in aways wins at Twickenham and the Stade de France for Scotland in the Six Nations – enough to earn a Lions place?

Lions leave space for Andy Farrell to join the tour

18 April 2021 0 comments

Just how desperate is Warren Gatland to have his former right-hand man on the plane to South Africa this summer?

George Ford needs roaring finish for shot at Lions tour

18 April 2021 1 comment

The England & Leicester fly-half talks to Paul Rees about his Lions chances resting with his form for Tigers in the Premiership finish

Lions will be motivated by pain of World Cup – McBryde

18 April 2021 0 comments

NEW British & Irish Lions forwards coach Robin McBryde says his team can use the hurt of Wales’ and England’s 2019 World Cup defeats […]

Lions face six weeks in just one city bubble

11 April 2021 1 comment

THE Lions may be forced to spend virtually their entire six weeks in South Africa confined to the same bio-secure bubble in the same city. […]

Evaluating how ready the Springboks are for the Lions

11 April 2021 0 comments

NICK CAIN EVALUATES THE SPRINGBOKS PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING LIONS SERIES WHEN Faf de Klerk was buried by a brutal Jake Ball tackle in Llanelli last […]

Leonard: Boks will be brutal in warm-ups

4 April 2021 0 comments

British & Irish Lions chairman Jason Leonard ponders how the Springboks may prepare for the arrival of Warren Gatland’s side this summer

British & Irish Lions offer next steps to fans hoping to travel to South Africa

1 April 2021 1 comment

The Lions outline four options for fans who have secured packages with them for this summer’s tour of South Africa, including a full refund

2021 British & Irish Lions tour will take place in South Africa, not UK

23 March 2021 0 comments

A major development for the Springboks’ desire to host the Lions on home soil

Looks like it’s UK this summer for the Lions

28 February 2021 3 comments

THE Lions are finalising plans for a groundbreaking British and Irish tour this summer which could run to as many as eight matches. A final […]

Head coach Warren Gatland explores British & Irish Lions base on Jersey

27 February 2021 1 comment

The state of the art facility Gatland has surveyed this week that could suggest the Lions tour will be held in the UK and Ireland

Jack Nowell on the comeback trail for Exeter after ninth operation

26 February 2021 0 comments

The Chiefs wing is set to return to action for Exeter next month and is not short of achievements he wants to attain in 2021

Lockdown exit reveal raises prospect of British & Irish Lions ‘home tour’

23 February 2021 1 comment

The British & Irish Lions are seeking an insurance from the UK government as part of their contingency to host the Springboks in Britain and Ireland

Relocating the tour to Australia tour will raise £10m for British & Irish Lions

21 February 2021 2 comments

THE Wallabies are prepared to reinforce their British & Irish Lions offer by making the summer tour pay to the tune of up to […]

Nick Mallett calls for Lions tour to be delayed until 2022

11 February 2021 0 comments

The former South Africa head coach and outspoken TV pundit says SA Rugby need to ‘push hard’ for a delay to 2022

Rugby Australia tell Lions: Play Springboks down here

31 January 2021 2 comments

A new option becomes available for the British & Irish Lions and SA Rugby to play the 2021 tour in Australia, as Rugby Australia offer their helping hand

Lions have become a farce rages Willie John McBride

28 January 2021 0 comments

The Lions legend fears the tours will be squeezed into extinction by the Four unions

Fans’ petition backs Lions tour to South Africa

21 January 2021 0 comments

The petition urging Lions organisers not to switch to a tour in the UK & Ireland has passed 5,000 signatures

British & Irish Lions plan UK venues to save the Bok tour

10 January 2021 1 comment

Peter Jackson reports on the contingency plans the Lions are working to put in place if their tour of South Africa becomes impossible

Lions call can help Exeter Chiefs centre Henry Slade get over World Cup heartache

5 January 2021 2 comments

Henry Slade is hoping to see a few of his Exeter Chiefs teammates claim British & Irish Lions honours in South Africa

British & Irish Lions board promise 2021 tour decision is imminent

3 January 2021 2 comments

THE British and Irish Lions say they will make an early decision whether this year’s tour of South Africa can go ahead amid the pandemic. […]

Harlequins centre Andre Esterhuizen sets sights on Lions tour

4 December 2020 0 comments

8-cap Springbok Esterhuizen talks Quins, Paul Gustard, and being on the receiving end of an Owen Farrell tackle

Blackett: Joe Launchbury is playing his best rugby ever and deserves Lions call

22 October 2020 0 comments

A number of players outside of Launchbury are knocking on the door for international call-ups this autumn

British & Irish Lions to play Japan at Murrayfield

21 October 2020 0 comments

As reported by The Rugby Paper in May, Warren Gatland’s men will plan in Edinburgh before flying to South Africa

British & Irish Lions 2021 kit sponsor Vodafone pay up far beyond 1997 tour’s level

26 September 2020 0 comments

Jack Zorab talks to the man who brokered Scottish Provident getting on the centre of the Lions jersey on the tour 23 years ago

2021 Lions Tour will be biggest test of Erasmus and Nienaber’s friendship yet

26 August 2020 0 comments

There was a somewhat bittersweet feeling amongst Springbok fans after South Africa had won the World Cup, given that Rassie Erasmus was about to step […]

Tullow Tank backs Stuart Lancaster for Lions coaching gig in 2021

18 August 2020 0 comments

Sean O’Brien speaks of his first-hand experience of working with Stuart Lancaster at Leinster

Exclusive: Shaun Edwards rules himself out of Lions tour of South Africa

11 August 2020 0 comments

2023 Rugby World Cup hosts France remain defence guru Edwards’ top priority

British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa to go ahead as scheduled in 2021

15 July 2020 0 comments

The pandemic nor fixture congestion will impact the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021, as Lions announce tour to go ahead as planned

SA Rugby admit Lions tour dates could shift to fit global calendar

8 June 2020 0 comments

The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa could shift to later in the year, bearing developments to the Six Nations and SANZAAR talks

Living with the Lions would be my ideal return, says Dai Young

2 June 2020 0 comments

The ex-Wasps director of rugby responds to speculation linking him with Gloucester

British & Irish Lions select Murrayfield as host venue for pre-2021 tour Test

30 May 2020 0 comments

Lions set to play at home of Scottish rugby for only the second time in history

Ruck It duo Nick Easter and Kyran Bracken back Danny Care for Lions tour

16 May 2020 0 comments

And do the former England international expect many Scots to tour with the Lions in 2021?

British & Irish Lions 2021 tour could be cancelled to preserve home unions finances, report claims

4 May 2020 0 comments

Lions 2021 tour to fall victim to backlogged Test calendar?

Agustin Pichot wants to see British & Irish Lions tour Americas

20 April 2020 0 comments

Standing to be elected chairman of World Rugby, Pichot has spoken about his thoughts on how Lions tours could expand

Gatland’s plan for Lions to play at Twickenham ‘nonsense’, says Willie-John McBride

15 April 2020 0 comments

“I think it’s scandalous that the Premiership clubs in England are dictating the future of the sport” – Lions legend McBride

Saracens star concedes he will have to leave to keep Lions dream alive

2 April 2020 0 comments

Nick Tompkins doesn’t want to leave Saracens but a shot at the Lions tour can’t be passed up

Will Greenwood picks more Scots in Lions 2021 XV than Welsh or Ireland

26 March 2020 0 comments

The shockingly low number of Scotland players to have started a Test for the Lions since 1997

Dallaglio errs towards selecting Maro Itoje as Lions captain for 2021 tour

25 March 2020 0 comments

A fans’ favourite in New Zealand almost three years ago, Dallaglio backs Itoje to be a hit again against Springboks

The players will fight to keep B&I Lions tours alive roars Jack Nowell

18 December 2019 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs, England and Lions wing Nowell talks South Africa 2021 and the preserving of future tours

British & Irish Lions 2021 tour of South Africa schedule release

4 December 2019 0 comments

The Lions will play the world champion Springboks at three massive stadiums in 2021

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