Farrell coy about potential Lions gig
Andy Farrell hopes to have greater clarity on a potential coaching role with the British & Irish Lions by the end of the month but insists his Ireland commitments will take precedence.
O’Connell names five players set for Lions call-up
Ireland great Paul O’Connell has identified the five players he believes are ‘nailed on’ for British & Irish Lions selection for the tour of South Africa later this year.
Deadline set for call on Lions tour
World Rugby vice-chairman Bernard Laporte says a decision on whether the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa will go ahead will be made at the end of March.
‘Lions tour needs to go ahead this year’
Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones believes the highly anticipated British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa should go ahead this year as scheduled.
Why Boks must go into Lions den to save 2021 series
Mark Keohane, on IOL, writes that the world champion Springboks must play the British & Irish Lions in 2021 or wait until 2033 to face the famed men in red.
Woodward wants Lions to ‘send out message to Boks’
Former England coach Clive Woodward says the British & Irish Lions outperforming the Springboks is one of his wish-list items for the 2021 sporting calendar.
SA Rugby eyes 2021 home Tests
SA Rugby president Mark Alexander has confirmed they are in discussion with World Rugby to gain permission to arrange at least three Tests before the Boks play the Lions next year.
Gary Gold on facing British & Irish Lions
Former assistant coach Gary Gold has shared a fascinating anecdote of how the Springboks dominated the set-piece exchanges against the British & Irish Lions in 2009.
Scribes pick Lions team to front Boks
Ten UK-based writers have selected their preferred British & Irish lineups for the first Test against the Springboks in July next year.
Gatland predicts Boks will be ‘underdone’
Warren Gatland says the decision to withdraw the Boks from the Rugby Championship could leave them ‘underdone’ for the incoming British & Irish Lions tour next year.
