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Current season. The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national team, although they can pick uncapped players who are eligible for any of the four unions.
The Rugby Lions RFC, nicknamed The Lions, is an English rugby union club based in Rugby, Warwickshire. The club plays its home matches at Webb Ellis Road. Its developmental squad is known as the Crusaders. The club also has a ladies team known as the Lionesses. It currently competes in Counties 3 Midlands East (South) at the ninth tier of the ...
The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa was an international rugby union tour that took place in South Africa in July and August 2021. The British & Irish Lions , a team selected from players eligible to represent England , Ireland , Scotland or Wales , played a three-match test series against South Africa , and tour matches against three of South Africa's four United Rugby ...
BT Sport Score was a weekly television programme broadcast on BT Sport during the football season. The programme updated viewers on the progress of football games in the United Kingdom on Saturday afternoons between 2:45pm and just after 5pm. BT Sport Score was hosted by Darrell Currie and Jules Breach. Pundits on the programme included Chris ...
30 December and 6 January 1996 – ITV broadcasts live coverage of semi-finals and final of the inaugural Heineken Cup. [5] 1996. November – Sky Sports begins showing live coverage of England national rugby union team ’s autumn internationals, replacing the BBC which held the right for many decades. 1997.
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents Great Britain in rugby league.Administered by the Rugby Football League (RFL), the team is nicknamed The Lions.. For most of the 20th century, the Great Britain team toured overseas, played against foreign touring teams and competed in the Rugby League World Cup, which they won three times: in 1954, 1960 and 1972.
South Africa 17–22 British & Irish Lions. 31 July 2021. Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town. South Africa 27–9 British & Irish Lions. 7 August 2021. Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town. South Africa 19–16 British & Irish Lions. The match against Japan on 26 June 2021 is not classed as a Test by the Lions.
Ceylon. On the return journey to the UK, the Lions stopped off in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to play the final tour match of the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia and the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia. The games were played on 1 October 1930 and 18 September 1950, both at the Racecourse in Colombo.