The Lions roar again
By Benji Crossley In one of the least surprising announcements in recent years, an announcement of a Women’s Lions tour to New Zealand in 2027 was made overnight. Three tests[…]
Tagged: British & Irish Lions
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Daddy Dagg Daycare and where in the World is NMS
By The Spotter It is not really a good sign when your first instinct upon seeing the new-look All Black back division from number 12 out and the make-up of the[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 6 July
Not the best start for Tour de France 2017. That Dave Warner is a trend setter. This business of carrying a chair over the head on the day before a[…]
Is the Cult of the Coach Driving Gatty a Wee Bit Batty?
By The Spotter Putting aside the current status of the Hansen-Gatland relationship at love-in, one really peculiar thing about this whole Lions tour is that if a Man or Personality of the[…]
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Prolifigate Lions lived… and let Die: NZ: 30 BIL: 15
By The Spotter Playing more Thunderball than Warrenball, the Lions lived the high life for good portions of the Eden Park first test, but ultimately their faltering habits near the[…]
When a Wellingtonian silenced 45,000 annoyed Cantabrians
By The Spotter Winter 1983. The country was doing it tough in the middle of a wage-price freeze amid cries of ‘Rob Muldoon before he robs you’ and just a year out from the alcohol-soaked announcement[…]
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The Maori Mauled and Marginalised
By The Spotter If the Rotorua International Stadium were a giant hangi pit, then the Lions mauled and dug the Maori into its deep depths on Saturday night. Dominant and powerful[…]
Lions memories. Loveridge’s Test
In the history of All Blacks v Lions tests there has always been a special place in New Zealander’s hearts for the second test of the 1983 tour. The All[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 16 June
Occasional All White Tommy Smith is engaged to be married, and there really is nothing cheesy about this at all. New Zealander Ben Stokes facing the media when things were[…]
Crusaders Quelled and Out-Thought Crusaders 3: Lions 12.
By The Spotter Suffocated; big time. As a spectacle for any new neutral it would have been dire to watch as it all morphed into something across between the Indian sport of Kabaddi with a lot[…]
