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Ian McGeechan honored in New Year list

Thursday 31 December 2009

British and Irish Lions legend Ian McGeechan has been knighted in the 2010 New Year Honours List for his services to rugby union.
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Introducing 'Sir Ian McGeechan'

Thursday 24 December 2009

Scotland's Ian McGeechan appears set to be knighted in the New Year's Honours list for his outstanding services to rugby. McGeechan or better known to many as "Geech
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Lions tour put ZAR1.5 Billion into South Africa

Friday 20 November 2009

The rugby series between the Springboks and the British and Irish Lions boosted the South Africa economy to the tune of almost R1,5bn, a study commissioned by SA Rugby has revealed.
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McGeechan offered British & Irish Lions job

Thursday 29 October 2009

Former British and Irish Lions head coach Ian McGeechan has revealed that he is in discussions that could see him taking on a role with the Lions next tour which is in 2013 to Australia.
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McGeechan calls it a day with Lions

Monday 5 October 2009

Ian McGeechan has ruled himself out as coach of the British and Irish Lions when the Lions tour to Australia in 2013 just months after coaching the Lions to their first Test victory since 2001.
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Lions ref admitted to me he got it wrong

Friday 2 October 2009

Former England captain and British and Irish Lions prop says that the referee who took charge of the first Lions test in South Africa Bryce Lawrence admitted to him later in the tour that he got his calls wrong.
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Halfpenny targets 2013 British & Irish Lions

Tuesday 18 August 2009

Cardiff Blues and Wales winger Leigh Halfpenny says that he is targeting a place on the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia after he got a taster of life as a Lion in South Africa.
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O'Gara on Lions disappointment & concussion

Monday 10 August 2009

British and Irish Lion flyhalf Ronan O'Gara has revealed that he was knocked out in the Lions second Test match against South Africa in Pretoria. O'Gara says that following
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English Lions holding their heads high

Friday 10 July 2009

The British and Irish Lions may have lost the Test series against South Africa but England's British Lions are holding their heads high on their return home.
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'I had the time of my life': Lion Phillips

Tuesday 7 July 2009

British and Irish Lion Mike Phillips left South Africa having established himself as Europe's top scrum-half, and admitting: "I've had the time of my life."
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Byrne sets his sights on 2013 Lions tour

Monday 6 July 2009

Lee Byrne has declared his intention to make the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia after being forced to return home early from the 2009 South Africa trip through injury.
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McGeechan calls it a day as Lions coach

Monday 6 July 2009

Lions coach Ian McGeechan has called it a day as coach of the British and Irish Lions. At the last media conference on their South African tour, held on Sunday,
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Jamie Roberts named Lions player of 2009

Monday 6 July 2009

Centre Jamie Roberts, who was absent from the third Test against South Africa because of injury, was named as the HSBC Player of the Series for the British and Irish Lions Tour to South Africa.
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Simon Shaw banned for two weeks

Monday 6 July 2009

Simon Shaw was suspended for two weeks on Sunday for dangerous play in the British and Irish Lions' 28-9 victory over South Africa after striking Springboks scrumhalf Fourie du Preez with his knee.
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2009 tour was a 'proper' tour: Springboks

Monday 6 July 2009

The 2009 series between South Africa and the British and Irish Lions was the real thing that produced a level of physical rugby that is seldom seen - and the last Test, won 28-9 by the Lions, sees them return home a happy squad while the Boks suddenly face uncertainty
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Lions must have a future say Springboks

Sunday 5 July 2009

The British and Irish Lions must have a place in the modern-day professional era, Springbok captain John Smit said Saturday after overseeing his side's 2-1 series win over the touring side.
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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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