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Gatland rules out early Lions call up for Wilkinson
Wednesday 22 May 2013
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has insisted that England world cup and Heineken Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson will not be getting an early call up unless his Lions squad is hit by injury.
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McKenzie backs Quade Cooper after Wallaby snub
Monday 20 May 2013
Reds head coach Ewen McKenzie has backed former Wallaby Quade Cooper over defensive concerns for next month's Test series against the British and Irish Lions.
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O'Connor relishing chance to play 10 against Lions
Monday 20 May 2013
Wallabies and Rebels flyhalf James O'Connor says that he is relishing the chance to play at 10 after being preferred to Quade Cooper as the Wallaby playmaker for next month's three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions.
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Wallabies name first squad for British & Irish Lions
Monday 20 May 2013
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has named a preliminary 25 man squad for next month's British & Irish Lions series without playmaker Quade Cooper.
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Wallabies squad for British & Irish Lions leaked
Friday 17 May 2013
Three days before Australian rugby officials will announce their team to face the British and Irish Lions in a three-test series, the big question was who leaked a supposed confidential memo outlining which players should be included.
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Sexton wants Wilko on British & Irish Lions tour
Thursday 16 May 2013
Ireland flyhalf Jonny Sexton says that he is disappointed that Jonny Wilkinson will not be alongside him on the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia.
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Mortlock wants Cooper & Genia to face Lions
Thursday 16 May 2013
Former Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock has called for Quade Cooper to partner Will Genia at half back against the British and Irish Lions.
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Gatland: Rested players could get Lions Test start
Tuesday 14 May 2013
British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has said that players who have no involvement in upcoming domestic and G finals could give themselves an advantage when it comes to gaining a place for the first Test against Australia.
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O'Connor likely to face British and Irish Lions
Monday 13 May 2013
Wallabies and Rebels back James O'Connor has been given a boost for the upcoming British & Irish Lions tour as his injury is not as bad as first thought.
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O'Connor in doubt for British & Irish Lions tour
Saturday 11 May 2013
Wallabies and Rebels flyhalf James O'Connor is in danger of missing the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia due to injury.
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Pulver warns Wallabies about upcoming pay cuts
Friday 10 May 2013
Australian Rugby Union chief Bill Pulver has the Wallabies that they may have to accept pay cuts as Rugby in Australia is suffering financially.
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Hook named in Baabaas squad for B & I Lions
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Former Wales international James Hook will have a chance to show British and Irish Lions bosses what they are missing out on after being included in the latest Barbarians squad to play the Lions in Hong Kong.
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White: 'Too soon to pick Folau against B&I Lions'
Saturday 4 May 2013
Brumbies coach Jake White says that if the Wallabies pick former rugby league international Israel Folau to play against the British and Irish Lions would cheapen the Wallabies jersey.
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Warburton will have help with B & I Lions captaincy
Thursday 2 May 2013
Newly appointed British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton says that he rely on former Lions captains Brian O'Driscoll and Paul O'Connell for assistance during his captaincy.
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Deans : British & Irish Lions tour will be brutal
Thursday 2 May 2013
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has warned that the upcoming British and Irish Lions Test series will be brutal but also called it the "the ultimate rugby experience".
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Gatland names 2013 British and Irish Lions squad
Wednesday 1 May 2013
2013 British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has named his squad for the tour to Australia in June.
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British & Irish Lions players get Twitter warningWilkinson ruled himself out of Lions tour Warbuton to captain 2013 British and Irish Lions Lancaster congratulates the 10 English B&I Lions Nathan Sharpe joins Wallabies coaching team
The British & Irish Lions
The first official tour by the British Isles Rugby Union Team, selected by a committee from all four Home Unions, was to South Africa in 1910.
However the idea was not unique, as a combined British & Irish team had been heading to the southern hemisphere since 1888.
The first tour was a commercial venture undertaken with no official backing; but the six subsequent visits up to 1910 enjoyed a growing amount of support from the governing bodies, although only one of these included representatives from all four nations.
The Lions name was coined during the inter-war period, when the emblem on the player's jersey and lapel badges gave them their alternative title.
The 1950s proved a golden age for Lions rugby, although it was not until the 1970s that style was matched with the substance of victory in New Zealand and South Africa.
Many observers questioned whether the Lions had a future in the professional age and the continued success of the Rugby World Cup.
But the tours of 1997, 2001 and 2005 have proved to be a massive success
story for all parties involved, with 2009 promising to be the biggest
ever tour with 50,000 fans expected make the journey to South Africa.
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