Such criteria was as applicable in amateur times as the professional era. Legendary Lions captains Willie John McBride (1974) and Martin Johnson (1997 and 2001) shared many traits, as did Gavin ...

Such criteria was as applicable in amateur times as the professional era. Legendary Lions captains Willie John McBride (1974) and Martin Johnson (1997 and 2001) shared many traits, as did Gavin ...

Bill Beaumont and Willie John McBride. Farrell still has more than seven weeks to finalise his squad, but all the Test evidence is in now, so he will be close to nailing down his choices.

Never at any stage since a composite British team first toured in 1888 has one player captained the Lions on successive expeditions, not even Willie John McBride, the legendary Irishman selected ...

through to 1970s heroes Willie John McBride, Barry John, Gareth Edwards and right up to the pro era of Martin Johnson, Richard Hill and Brian O’Driscoll. But there is another shadowy group you will ...

From the still-talked-about 1971 Lions of Gareth Edwards and Willie John McBride who won in New Zealand, to the Warren Gatland team who took the spoils from Australia in 2013, the team is steeped in ...

Sir Ian McGeechan rewarded the Irish international with the armband for the Test squad – becoming the first Irish forward to lead the Lions against the Springboks since the great Willie John McBride ...

Managed by Welshman Alun Thomas, with Syd Millar as coach, it is thought the Lions, captained by Willie John McBride, were so successful because of the conscious decision to fight fire with fire. In ...

Here’s the dish on who’s cooking. Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion is a star-studded concert event on multiple stages held at his ranch in ... More Spicewood, Texas. The weekend kicks off with a ...