• In 1971 the British Lions toured New Zealand, also playing two matches in Australia. Despite losing the first match to Queensland the tour was a great...
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  • The British & Irish Lions toured New Zealand during June and July 2017. The Lions, a rugby union team selected from players eligible to represent England...
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  • British Lions toured Australia for the first time since 1971. Unlike previous tours to Australia, the Lions did not play any matches in New Zealand,...
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  • In 1977 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand. The Lions played 26 matches, including four internationals against the All Blacks. They...
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  • for the Lions. The 1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, centred around the skilled Welsh half-back pairing of Gareth Edwards and Barry...
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  • British Lions tour to South Africa was a series of matches played by the British Lions rugby union team in South Africa. This tour followed the Lions'...
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  • 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia Kitson, Robert (11 July 2017). "Lions and All Blacks draw thrilling final Test and series". The Guardian...
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  • victorious 1971 Lions tour to New Zealand believe the 1974 Lions team would have beaten the 1971 Lions team, due to having better forwards and because many...
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  • kick to win the match for South Africa, 28–25. The tour followed the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and preceded the 2013 British & Irish...
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  • previous Lions tour experience. Derek Quinnell had toured New Zealand in 1971 and 1977; Andy Irvine and Fran Cotton had toured South Africa in 1974 and New Zealand...
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    1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain was made by a group of New Zealand rugby footballers who played matches in Australia, Ceylon...
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  • 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...
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  • Tri-Nations series with both Australia and New Zealand. Great Britain also played in series and tours against France, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. In 2006, the RFL...
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    from land and sea. Similar to the cuisine of Australia, the cuisine of New Zealand is a diverse British-based cuisine, with Mediterranean and Pacific Rim...
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    classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950. As well as South Africa, the tour included a game in...
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  • The 1971 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand was a mid-season tour of New Zealand by the Australia national rugby league team. The Australians played three matches...
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  • Jim Gleeson (treasurer), and H.J. Palmer (financial manager). The 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand saw the Kiwis' first ever...
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  • the British & Irish Lions toured New Zealand for the second time in the professional era. The series finished in a draw, with the All Blacks and Lions recording...
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    British and Irish Lions winning tour over New Zealand in 1971. On the 1971 tour, John played in all four Tests, playing some of his finest rugby and finishing...
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  • by Joseph Warbrick toured New Zealand, Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The team became the first New Zealand side to perform a haka during...
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  • Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian national rugby league team tours of Great Britain and France, tours to New Zealand and the one-off tour to Papua...
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  • Great Britain Lions tour was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team) of Australia and New Zealand which took place between May and August...
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  • time, and for the next half century, no other touring team did do so on British soil. The 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand was...
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  • Ireland's first tour since their tour to Australia in 2018, their first tour to New Zealand since 2012, and their first encounter against New Zealand since November...
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    List of Wales national rugby union players (category Use British English from August 2019)
    played for the Lions during their 1968 tour of South Africa and 1971 tour of New Zealand. Barry John was also selected for the 1968 Lions' tour of South Africa...
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  • Cup 2011: Wales 18-21 Australia - as it happened". BBC Sport. 21 October 2011. "Lions Tour 2013: British and Irish Lions break tour drought with third Test...
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  • a Lions match, but not those who have only been named as part of a Lions touring squad or included as part of a match day squad as a replacement and not...
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  • predecessor to today's International Cricket Council) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also played the first ODI on 5 January 1971. England's first...
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    1896 British Isles tour to South Africa was a rugby union tour undertaken by the British Isles, one of the first British and Irish Lions tours. The team...
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    "Final Challenge" – played as the last match in a tour of Britain and Ireland by Australia, New Zealand or South Africa. The Barbarian 'Final Challenge'...
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