British and Irish Lions’ support team keeps on growing

By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know

The 1974 Lions took off from Heathrow with a management team of two. No specialist coaches, no analysts, no spin doctors, no physios, not even a bucket-andsponge man.
During their safari across South Africa, The Invincibles played twice a week for 11 weeks.
They lost none of their 22 matches and only one of their 30-man squad to injury, a tribute to their resilience made all the more so by the fact that a baby crocodile tried to take a piece of Mervyn Davies’ right arm.
For repairing the wound, as well as mundane matters like groin strains and t...

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