Saturday 22nd June 2013. I arrived at The Faltering Fullback, Finsbury Park, at 10am on the dot. The place was already packed as white, green, navy blue and (predominantly) red shirted rugby folk scrummed-down for the last of the remaining chairs, tables, benches or lintels that would act as their seat for the next three…
On Tuesday, the 2013 pride of Lions lost a little bit of their bite. Before the tour began, Captain Sam Warburton had declared his intention for the squad to win every match they played. A brave and bold call it may have been, but it was an aim that seemed increasingly plausible with every convincing…
Three games played on Australian soil. Three wins. Three new Lions Down Under due to injury. Three tests eagerly awaited. There’s definitely been a pattern for triplicates, triads and troikas in the first full week of the Lions Tour. It’s a theme that’s probably not lost on Warren Gatland who, as we know, is a…
And so it’s finally here! The 2013 British and Irish Lions Tour has officially begun following a resounding 59-8 triumph against the Barbarians on Saturday. We’ve waited four long years since the Lions lost that heartbreakingly close series against South Africa in 2009, but if Saturday’s performance is anything to go by, the next month…
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