Scottish Independence Vote Could Trigger Lions Rebrand

The British and Irish Lions may have to be renamed 'The Lions' if Scotland votes to leave the United Kingdom during this week's independence referendum. The next Lions board meeting is in October and John Spencer, recently announced at the tour manager for the trip to New Zealand in 2017, told the Daily Telegraph that the issue would be discussed then in light of the result of the referendum. The shortened version of 'The Lions', for which the touring party is already commonly known, would be the most likely option to reflect the changed constitutional arrangement if Scotland became an indepen…