THEY STARTED out as Six Nations enemies, but since the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, centres Brian O’Driscoll and Jamie Roberts have been spilling over with…
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Lions 2013 Player Profile: Billy Twelvetrees
IT’S BEEN quite a year for the centre. His move to Gloucester from Leicester resulted in more game time, an England call-up for the Six Nations and now this Lions…
Lions 2013: Should the Lions tour France?
EVEN THE biggest, fiercest, proudest Lions supporter would find it hard to dispute that so far the 2013 tour has been a let-down. Not quite a farce but verging on…
Summer tours: Scotland’s slide before South Africa
A BEATLES B-side, Helter Skelter was said to be the song that started it all for heavy metal. “When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top…
Lions 2013: 5 Things We’ve Learned. Lions v Combined Country XV
THE BRITISH and Irish Lions racked up a perfunctory fourth consecutive win with a 64-0, ten try victory, against the Combined NSW-Queensland Country. As expected, and considering that the Country’s…
Summer tours: Four who caught the eye
MEDIA BLACKOUT on the tours of North America, South America, Japan and South Africa from the home nations could have been an unfortunate by-product of the Lions stint Down Under.…
Lions 2013: RW picks the Lions XV for the First Test
FOUR GAMES, one proper contest, and the Lions bandwagon rolls on. Every player has now been cast into the fray, bar a hamstrung Rob Kearney and jet-lagged Simon Zebo, so…
Lions 2013: Combined Country 0-64 Lions
It was one-way traffic in Newcastle as the Lions ran in ten tries against Combined Country
Pro’s Playbook: Launching strike runners
EVERY MONTH we rack the brains of the professionals to bring you the best tips to help you improve your game! Gary Street, England Women head coach, shows how to…
Lions 2013: Five things we’ve learned. Lions v Queensland Reds
WHILST THE British and Irish Lions have now recorded three victories on their 2013 tour, Saturday’s win against the Queensland Reds was the first of any real significance – it…