Before the Lions toured in 2001 the Brumbies won the then Super 12 competition, and had 13 players selected in the 31-man ...

A is for ALFRED Shaw, one of three entrepreneurs who came up with the concept of the British and Irish Lions and organised ...

After guiding Bath to the Challenge Cup title on Friday, Scotland's talisman is approaching a series of games this summer that will define his legacy ...

Van der Flier made his club debut for Leinster back in October 2014 against Zebre and impressed sufficiently to be handed a ...

Henry Pollock is being backed by England boss Steve Borthwick to continue his startling breakthrough season by becoming a Test British and Irish Lion this summer. Pollock won his only England cap ...

Irish and Scottish players, born in New Zealand and Australia respectively, want to put eligibility row to bed, but that does not sit comfortably with one of the greats to have worn the Lions jersey .

Kept awake by the twin stimulants of caffeine and nerves, Sione’s mother, father and grandmother wait and watch as the British and Irish Lions ... my dad wearing Lions jerseys.

British & Irish Lions pandemonium is drawing ... Paul O’Connell can only be described as a Lions legend. Over three Tours the Munsterman played in seven Tests and made 15 appearances in the red jersey ...

In it, a discreetly distanced camera zooms in on a player's face and catches only disappointment as their name slips away unspoken during last Thursday's British and Irish Lions squad announcement.

As such, Schmidt revealed on Monday he would wrap his top-tier men in cotton wool to ensure they have the best chance of claiming their first series win against the Lions since 2001 ... has risked ...

That was the week that was, and it’s hard not to view the unveiling of the 38-man British & Irish ... Lions tour as O’Gara himself did when he first became a Lion on the tour to Australia in 2001.