Warren Gatland has always been his own man, unafraid to make the big selection calls, and again, he has surprised many with his picks for the First Test against the…
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Ben Te’o uncovered: The life and times of the England centre
Lions centre Ben Te'o tells Rugby World about his cosmopolitan career in rugby
Phil Vickery on the Lions: Part 2
Rugby World editor Owain Jones took a pew with England and Lions legend Phil Vickery to discuss the tour in New Zealand, the likely Test 23 to face the All…
Phil Vickery on the Lions: Part 1
Phil Vickery was a fresh-faced Lions tourist in 2001 in Australia and a gnarled World Cup winning tighthead 2009 in South Africa so he knows all about the intensity of…
Lions 2017: Twitter reacts to the British and Irish Lions defeat to the Highlanders
If going to work was not enough this morning, the added pain of another Lions defeat, this time at the hands of the Highlanders, would have been the sour cherry…
Saints and sinners: The weekend’s talking points
England win an epic in Argentina, a winning start for new Scotland coach Gregor Townsend and Israel Folau ends his try drought for Australia
Why there’s still hope for the Lions…
So far, it’s all been entirely predicable. The Lions have been written off from Invercargill in the South, to Auckland in the North. They’ve been castigated by local media as…
Let the tours begin: England, Scotland and Ireland launch their summer Tests
Rugby World looks at the new-look England, Scotland and Ireland teams ahead of their first 2017 summer Tests
Lions 2017: Twitter reacts to the British & Irish Lions versus the Blues
The British & Irish Lions’ loss to the Auckland Blues this morning will have left those stirring with a coffee reaching for the drinks cabinet. The performance of the men…
Lions 16-22 Blues: The game’s key talking points
A tale of missed opportunities The Lions are becoming masters at not being able to get over the whitewash. Against the Provincial Barbarians, on four occasions, they rumbled, or spun…