IT'S NOT much fun being a French fan at the moment. Humiliated last Saturday against the All Blacks, France have already lost the three Test series and are playing for…
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Lions 2013: Warren Gatland’s Test selection and what the stats say
HEAD COACHES never have it easy, but the selections are made now and we know who will be facing off between the Lions and the Wallabies. Was it the right…
Lions 2013: It’s all just a little case of history repeating
HEADING TOWARDS the first Test, the British and Irish Lions have an encouraging win against the Waratahs and a lacklustre loss against the Brumbies as inspiration for the first shot…
Lions 2013: 5 Things We’ve Learned. Lions v Brumbies
THE LIONS registered their first loss of the tour with a 14 – 12 defeat against the Brumbies. Prior to this game the Lions had been able to rely on…
Lions 2013: How do you solve a problem like the lineout?
THE STATS don’t make good reading after the British and Irish Lions 14-12 loss to the Brumbies. Despite their win the Brumbies carried 23 times less than the Lions, with…
Lions 2013: Flattery gets you everywhere
WHEN MIND games start it is hard to know which tact to take. Overuse of saccharine sweet compliments, describe the opposition as clueless or just call everyone cheats? Well, when…
Lions 2013: 5 Things We’ve Learned. Lions v Waratahs
THE LIONS recorded their fifth victory of the tour with a 47 – 17 win over a depleted, yet competitive, Waratahs team. But whilst the margin of victory was similar…
Summer tours: England’s crib could be better than Argentina’s…
WINNING TESTS is one thing, but to do it with young, exciting players is another. For the second Test against Argentina, Stuart Lancaster has selected an explosive and sprightly backline…
Lions 2013: The silliness around spying
SOMETIMES THINGS go too far. Like the private joke said aloud too often or the headlines whenever a football team scores six goals, talk of spying, spies and undercover Aussies…
Lions 2013: O’Driscoll and Roberts, side-step brothers
THEY STARTED out as Six Nations enemies, but since the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, centres Brian O’Driscoll and Jamie Roberts have been spilling over with…