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Learn about the history and achievements of the Great Britain national rugby league team, nicknamed The Lions, and their rivalry with Australia and New Zealand. Find out when and where they last played, and how they are now represented by England, Wales and Scotland.
On 17 August 2012, the Rugby Advertiser released an announcement, [2] within which was an RFU statement, which confirmed that the Lions had failed to pay off their debts in time, and had been removed from National League 2 South. It did not however say anything concerning whether or not the Lions would still compete in any division in 2012–13.
IMG Grading for the Rugby Football League is a set of proposals set out in 2022 by the British Rugby Football League's new strategic partner IMG, in which all clubs playing in the professional levels of the British rugby league system will be graded, with their rank determining which division each club will play. The proposals were accepted by a majority vote of British rugby league ...
Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups, and was the last team to achieve All Four Cups in 1928.
Learn about the history, name, symbols, colours and tours of the rugby union team selected from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Lions have played test matches against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa every four years since 1950.
The last time the Lions travelled to Australasia was for the 2006 Tri-Nations tournament and the last full Lions tour was in 1996. [1] After the 2007 New Zealand tour to Great Britain the Great Britain Lions were disbanded and more emphasis was placed on the four home nations; England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales .
TNT Sports is a group of pay television sports channels in the UK and Ireland, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group. It was formerly known as BT Sport and launched in 2013, covering various sports events such as Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UFC and MotoGP.
HTV Wales also allowed to show 4 live League matches, and 4 live cup matches (not including the cup final) live a season. The deal ends in 2001 when HTV Wales declined to tender again for the rights. May–July – Sky Sports takes over as broadcaster of the British and Irish Lions when it shows full live coverage of the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa .