The Lions have 80 minutes to save themselves from a familiar Test series defeat in New Zealand. So, here we are again. It is becoming all too familiar that a northern hemisphere side going to New Zealand find themselves going into the second Test having to win to save the series. England, Wales, Ireland have…
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LIONS: All Blacks show class to halt The Pride
Warren Gatland gets it wrong so, so badly It came, it went, we all left disappointed. In too few areas did the Lions show they could compete with the might of the All Blacks machine. At times it was like a Ferrari racing a VW Golf. The Lions weren’t poor but save a magic moment…
LIONS: Could these 23 be history makers?
Gatland announced his side to take on the might of the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday. Here at Revo we would’ve gone with an alternate 23… Warren Gatland has announced his British and Irish Lions 23 to face the mighty All Blacks on Saturday in the first test. Unsurprisingly there’s controversy over a number…
Are The Lions in Crisis?
Billed as the “toughest test” outside of the Test Series itself comes tomorrow amida underwhelming tour so far. Four years. Four long years we all wait for this to happen. The hype; the excitement; the intensity and most of all the rugby on show is something the Home Nation fans start talking about almost as…
Captain Fantastic: Warburton set to end captaincy role with Wales
Reports from the BBC suggest that Sam Warburton is set to step down as captain of Wales after six years and 49 tests. The Cardiff Blues flanker, 28, first captained the Welsh in 2011 and has also led the British & Irish Lions to a 2-1 series win in Australia in 2013. Ospreys lock Alun…
Lions Watch
With now around 4 months until we know who will be filling that Qantas flight to New Zealand as Gatland’s charges, looking to fulfill our island’s wish for a first series win since 1971. Here we look at which players we think are in contention and those that will go. Bearing in mind there’s still…
Could Gatland really leave Wales in the summer?
Reports surfaced over the weekend that Warren Gatland was to end his near decade in charge of Wales after this summer’s British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. The Daily Mail article suggests that Gatland has grown weary living 12,000 miles away from his family, whom he sees just four times a year, and…
“Sorry Warren, me neither” O’Halloran turns down Lions role
Second Scottish coach turns down Gatland leading to fears of under representation for Scotland next Summer. Scottish Rugby is finally starting to show the kind of potential it has been crying out for since the turn of the century (sounds bad doesn’t it?). The national side is competing against almost every opposition that is put…
“No thanks, Mr Gatland!” Statement of intent from Townsend as he rejects Lions offer
Arguably the most sought after club coach in the Northern hemisphere, Gregor Townsend, who will take over the reigns as Scotland coach when Vern Cotter departs for Montpellier after the Six Nations, has reportedly turned down an offer as British & Irish Lions attack coach. Townsend has won many admirers for what he has achieved…
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