Once Were Lions
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Once Were Lions

The Players' Stories: Inside the World's Most Famous Rugby Team

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eBook - ePub

Once Were Lions

The Players' Stories: Inside the World's Most Famous Rugby Team

About this book

Drawing on first hand interviews from more than 75 British Lions tourists since the golden age of the fifties, this book captures what it means to be a British Lions rugby player – the historic victories, the glorious failures and the stories surrounding the icons of rugby such as Edwards, Bennett, Hastings, Guscott, Dallaglio and Johnson.

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Information

Publisher
HarperSport
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780007241521
eBook ISBN
9780007325900

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword by Finlay Calder OBE
  5. Preface The men who once were Lions
  6. Chapter 1 - First twenty years of the Lions 1888–1908
  7. Chapter 2 - Then they were Lions 1910–1938
  8. Chapter 3 - Karl Mullen’s Happy Band Australia and New Zealand 1950
  9. Chapter 4 - Robin Thompson’s Quality Street Gang South Africa 1955
  10. Chapter 5 - Ronnie Dawson’s Proud Squad Australia, New Zealand and Canada 1959
  11. Chapter 6 - Arthur Smith’s Big Boys didn’t cry South Africa 1962
  12. Chapter 7 - Mike Campbell-Lamerton and how the Lions were mauled Australia, New Zealand and Canada 1966
  13. Chapter 8 - Tom Kiernan’s Frolicsome Brigade South Africa 1968
  14. Chapter 9 - John Dawes and The Great Revival New Zealand and Australia 1971
  15. Chapter 10 - Willie John Mcbride’s Legends South Africa 1974
  16. Chapter 11 - Phil Bennett’s Bad News Boys New Zealand and Fiji 1977
  17. Chapter 12 - Bill Beaumont and The Bad Luck Tour South Africa 1980
  18. Chapter 13 - Ciaran Fitzgerald’s Men Cut Down New Zealand 1983
  19. Chapter 14 - Finlay Calder: No Compromise Australia
  20. Chapter 15 - Gavin Hastings and the tale of two tours New Zealand 1993
  21. Chapter 16 - Martin Johnson’s Marvels South Africa 1997
  22. Chapter 17 - Scribblers for Martin Johnson’s Lions Australia 2001
  23. Chapter 18 - Speared by the all Blacks: Brian O’Driscoll New Zealand 2005
  24. Chapter 19 - Lions for ever
  25. Index
  26. Roll of Honour and Archive of Results
  27. Copyright
  28. About the Publisher