Lions bolters: Eight players who could make New Zealand in 2017
1 decade ago by Rugby WorldThe Lions are well-known for surprise packages so don't be surprised if eyebrows are raised at Warren Gatland's squad announcement. Here are a few players to watch...Fast-track: At 25, Nathan Hughes has...
PODCAST: Marshall on NZ, Lions
1 decade ago by Sky Sports RugbyFormer All Black Justin Marshall discusses the Lions tour, and previews this weekend's Rugby Championship clashes on Sky Sports.
WP confidence has Lions coach worried
1 decade ago by Cape Argus - StormersThe Lions aren’t the dangerous Currie Cup outfit they were last year, and the same can be said of Western Province.
Five potential Springbok captains
1 decade ago by Ultimate RugbyFollowing the announcement that current Springbok captain, Adriaan Strauss, will retire from Test Rugby at the end of the season, we have a look at who could replace the 30-year-old. Here are...
Tour manager expects Lions to impress on and off the field in New Zealand
1 decade ago by The Guardian• John Spencer: ‘Discipline is one of our core values’• High-profile modern-day Lion could join management rosterNext year’s British and Irish Lions tour party have been warned to behave themselves...
British and Irish Lions tour fixtures a necessity - chief executive John Feehan
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsThe head of the British and Irish Lions has ruled out shortening future tours, and says the Lions will remain an integral part of the rugby calendar.
Principality Welsh Rugby Union Podcast 36
1 decade ago by Welsh Rugby NewsSam Warburton and Warren Gatland on the Lions' coach announcement, on this week's Principality Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Carys Phillips is the first winner of the Liza Burgess Wales Women Player of the...
Munster's injury update
1 decade ago by Munster RugbyInjuries to Simon Zebo and Kevin O'Byrne rule them out of action for the immediate future, while South African international Jaco Taute has joined the province on a four month loan basis.Simon Zebo sustained...
Lions can hold their own in schedule restructure, insists chief
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentThe Lions have been caught in the cross-fire of the seemingly eternal power struggle between the unions and clubs in recent times, but chief executive John Feehan believes their place in the calendar is...
Warren Gatland singles out Dylan Hartley as possible Lions captain
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Coach makes clear he will not favour his Wales players for New Zealand tour• ‘Dylan has obviously matured and he’s done a great job with England’Warren Gatland says he will not favour his Wales...
