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Lions given wake-up call as Boks light get heavy

18 July 2021 0 comments

By NICK CAIN South Africa A..17pts Tries: Nkosi 12, Am 31 Conversions: Steyn 13, 33 Penalties: Steyn 5 Lions ………………13pts Tries: Jones 43 Conversions: Farrell […]

Murray must put muzzle on De Klerk

18 July 2021 0 comments

KYRAN BRACKEN THE Lions must wrap up Faf de Klerk and cut off the supply line of his dangerous aerial bombs if they are to […]

Now the Lions know just what they are up against | Jeff Probyn

18 July 2021 0 comments

A step up from the rest of their tour matches on Wednesday night for the Lions

Warren Gatland must stretch Boks to exhaustion | Jeremy Guscott

18 July 2021 0 comments

There is just one week to go until the first Test, Jeremy Guscott looks at how the Lions are shaping up after three weeks of tour matches

Let’s pour cold water over this Rassie Erasmus ruse | Nick Cain

18 July 2021 0 comments

A head coach as a waterboy? The incursion of non-playing staff on the pitch has been a problem brewing for years

Springboks plan early mayhem against the Lions

17 July 2021 0 comments

Daniel Gallan looks at South Africa A’s win over the Lions on Wednesday night

Alun Wyn Jones could make shock return to Lions squad

13 July 2021 2 comments

Warren Gatland to make call on whether to have tour captain fly out to South Africa once Wales hold a training session on Tuesday

Still no Robbie Henshaw for the Lions as team named to face South Africa ‘A’

12 July 2021 0 comments

Conor Murray to captain the Lions for the first time as a starter, as Gatland makes 12 changes to team that beat Sharks

Ireland 71-10 USA: Kelleher hits four in American thrashing

11 July 2021 2 comments

HOOKER Ronan Kelleher crossed four times as Ireland wrapped up their season in style against the USA. Kelleher, 23, said: “We had eight new caps […]

Injury count suggests England are too brutal | Colin Boag

11 July 2021 1 comment

Josh McNally and Ted Hill were forced to pull out of contention to face Canada this week after picking up injuries in training with England

Flyers in fine fettle but scrum is still the Lions’ biggest concern

11 July 2021 1 comment

By NICK CAIN Sharks ………………7pts Tries: Venter 50 Conversions: Bosch 51 Lions ………………54pts Tries: Adams 2, 56, 78; Van der Merwe 6, 25, 73; Aki […]

Lions find themselves all at sea as Sharks circle

11 July 2021 0 comments

The Lions concede four first-half tries before being given a get out of jail free card when Jaden Hendrikse was red carded

Backward step as Lions play like suckers | Jeremy Guscott

11 July 2021 0 comments

Jaden Hendrikse’s red card just after half-time killed this match – after that the Lions just ran riot. Up until that point, it had been […]

I’m opting for Josh and Duhan on wings, Liam at 15 | Shane Williams

11 July 2021 1 comment

Shane Williams selects the back three he would go for to face the Springboks in the first Test

Lions coach Gatland opts for Dan Biggar at No.10 for Sharks rematch

9 July 2021 0 comments

Dan Biggar will start for the British & Irish Lions this Saturday, as Warren Gatland‘s side play Cell C Sharks at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. […]

Jet-heeled Josh Adams gives lift-off to the Lions

4 July 2021 0 comments

JOSH Adams bagged four tries as Warren Gatland’s British & Irish Lions got off to a flyer against Sigma Lions in Johannesburg – and there […]

Try-machine Josh just can’t stop scoring | Shane Williams

4 July 2021 0 comments

I GOT more and more nervous as the second half of the British & Irish Lions game went on. It was nothing to do with […]

South Africa 40-9 Georgia: Boks unleash flyer Fassi in warm-up win

4 July 2021 0 comments

IT TOOK a while, almost an hour in fact, for the Springbok machine to splutter into life but once it did, it steamrolled […]

Sigma Lions 14-56 Lions: ‘Warrenball’ no more as fluid Lions show flair

4 July 2021 0 comments

A RUNAWAY victory against markedly inferior opposition usually offers little value, but for Warren Gatland’s Lions every match in the build-up to the Test series […]

Lions are criticised over Cowan-Dickie

4 July 2021 1 comment

THE Lions have been publicly rebuked for playing Luke Cowan-Dickie a mere seven days after he had been knocked-out at Twickenham. Progressive Rugby, a group […]

Gatland’s big decision is still about Farrell | Jeremy Guscott

4 July 2021 1 comment

THIS was a step up in performance from the game against Japan last weekend and that’s all head coach Warren Gatland will want at this […]

Stuart Hogg to captain Lions in tour opener

1 July 2021 0 comments

Stuart Hogg will lead the British & Irish Lions in their first match of the tour of South Africa, as they take on the Emirates […]

Biggar will have lead role to play in Alun Wyn’s absence | Shane Williams

27 June 2021 1 comment

The last thing that Warren Gatland thought he’d have to do before flying to South Africa this week was appointing a new captain. If it […]

The three key selection dilemmas facing Lions coach Warren Gatland

27 June 2021 0 comments

THE debate surrounding selection for the Test series is one of the areas that galvanises Lions fans, and the 2021 tour will be no exception […]

Handre Pollard can cement his place as best ever Bok 10 | Daniel Gallan

27 June 2021 0 comments

In Handre Pollard, Morne Steyn and Elton Jantjies, Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has a set of flyhalves that tick every box. No matter what Warren […]

Conor Murray named captain as Alun Wyn Jones drops out

27 June 2021 1 comment

CONOR Murray of Ireland was last night named as Lions captain after Alun Wyn Jones dislocated his shoulder in yesterday’s 28-10 warm-up win against Japan. […]

Booth has helped Adam Beard find his consistency and regain Wales slot

27 June 2021 0 comments

ADAM Beard believes getting dropped from the national squad last autumn was a blessing in disguise and insists he can become Wales’ top second row. […]

Lions 28-10 Japan: Gutting for AWJ but his Lions are looking good

27 June 2021 0 comments

THIS was a tough, testing workout against worthy and tireless opponents but in the final analysis that will count for little compared with the […]

Gatland’s call: New lock and stand-in skipper

27 June 2021 1 comment

LIONS tour boss Warren Gatland reacted calmly to the devastating loss of his captain Alun Wyn Jones. “We’ve got to make the right decisions as […]

Biggar has made that 10 shirt his own now | Jeremy Guscott

27 June 2021 1 comment

WARREN Gatland will have been pleased with most of what he saw yesterday, but the shoulder injury to captain Alun Wyn Jones is a huge […]

Owen Farrell voted into Lions leadership group by players

23 June 2021 2 comments

A players’ vote proposed by Warren Gatland had the England captain as an overwhelming favourite for the leadership group

British & Irish Lions name team to take on Japan in 1888 Cup

22 June 2021 1 comment

Head coach Warren Gatland has named his British & Irish Lions squad to take on Japan at Murrayfield

Jenkins: Jersey boys do have an edge

20 June 2021 0 comments

THE Lions’ incoming personnel will be playing catch-up in their quest to face South Africa, according to kicking coach Neil Jenkins. Only 25 members of […]

Influencer Craig White’s got Sale in rhythm

13 June 2021 1 comment

SALE SHARKS are enjoying a ‘drum roll’ end to the season, with a first Premiership title in 16 years in their sights, thanks in part […]

Springboks have electric backs, it won’t all be route one – Sean O’Brien

13 June 2021 1 comment

DON’T be surprised if this summer’s Lions series against South Africa turns into something more captivating than an uncompromising, physical slog. That is the advice […]

TV pundits say no to Lions

6 June 2021 0 comments

SKY Sports are struggling to find big-name pundits willing to travel to South Africa for the Lions tour. Blindside understands many former internationals aren’t keen […]

Rainbow Cup just isn’t worth injury risk | Shane Williams

6 June 2021 1 comment

The Rainbow Cup gives no reason for players who received Lions call-ups to go all-out and risk injury

Jamie Ritchie to lead Scotland in summer Tests

1 June 2021 0 comments

Interim coach Mike Blair has included 17 uncapped players in squad for matches against England A, Romania and Georgia

Chavhanga: Fast tracks in South Africa built for Louis Rees-Zammit

30 May 2021 0 comments

Former Springboks wing Tonderai Chavhanga famously clocked a 100m time of 10.2s and sees Rees-Zammit feeling at home on South African pitches

Rassie Erasmus wary Lions have a grand plan to beat altitude

30 May 2021 1 comment

WARREN Gatland has “something up his sleeve” and could rewrite the script on how to beat South Africa on their own turf according to the […]

Record man Sam Simmonds reminds me of my old pal ‘Backy’ | Jeremy Guscott

23 May 2021 1 comment

WHAT Sam Simmonds did this week in breaking the Premiership try-scoring record for a season is pretty exceptional. The Exeter Chiefs No.8’s hat-trick against London […]