AMID GREAT fanfare in the cavernous Live Room at Twickenham, Debbie Jevans, CEO of ER2015, and assembled rugby dignitaries, sat at the raised top table to announce the fixtures and…
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Can Welsh Lions end Australia hoodoo?
Can the Welsh-dominated 2013 Lions break their losing trend?
Lions 2013: Five potential squad weaknesses
The most glaring omission from the squad announcement was the lack of cover at fly-half
Gatland right to be wary of Aussie mind games
STICKS AND STONES may break my bones but words will never hurt me. The Australians have been making a mockery of that adage for years, no nation being wiser to…
Kettering count the benefits of Save Your Season
IN THE end our Save Your Season winners didn’t want the season to end. Kettering found their form and confidence to rattle up 193 points in their final four matches,…
The team that didn’t make the Lions plane…
ONE MAN’S loss is another man’s gain. While 37 Lions have booked their seats on the plane to Australia, a few more are left licking their wounds. The cruel thing…
A Welsh perspective on the Lions squad
FOR SOME of the 2013 Lions squad, pulling on a red rugby shirt will be a new experience. This won’t be the case for 15 of the players and three…
Lions 2013: A few facts about the British and Irish Lions squad
NOW WE know. We have the 37 and despite the outrage and the spitting across tribal lines they are our 37. They are Lions. Want to get more of a…
Lions 2013: The Squad Announcement Live!
Tension is building. The clocks have stopped. Traffic is…well, still as much of a mangle as ever. It’s Lions day. That day that international rugby players love and dread in…
Lions 2013: Rugby World’s Lions squad
AFTER FOUR years, the waiting is finally over. In less than 24 hours, the names of 37, or 38 players will be read out to a media scrum in South-West…