4 h. ago NSW Waratahs v British & Irish Lions: rugby union tour match – live

Updates from this 11am BST kick-off in SydneyEmail Lee | Sign up for The Breakdown newsletterYour views are always welcome and today is no exception so send them to me on the Email. I may even tolerate Owen Faz chat, but don’t bank on it.Rotation once more as the fixtures pile up quickly for Andy Farrell and the Lions, made more tricky by Henry Pollock withdrawing with a tight calf late on. Apparently it’s ‘precautionary’. Tadhg Beirne will have the honour of captaining from six, Scott Cummings now starts in the second row and Duhan van der Merwe comes onto the bench. Hugo Keenan has his first start of the tour at fullback along with Blair Kinghorn on the wing, while Fin Smith returns at stand-off. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago British and Irish Lions team vs Waratahs: Blair Kinghorn and Hugo Keenan set for debuts in Sydney

Ben White to also make first Lions appearance off bench as captaincy handed to Tadhg Beirne

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3 d. ago British and Irish Lions star owns up to bedroom blunder after arriving late to camp

Blair Kinghorn was the last member of the British and Irish Lions squad to arrive and as soon as he checked into the team hotel waltzed into his room and accidentally woke up Maro Itoje

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4 d. ago Blair Kinghorn gets helping hand from mum and wife in race to join Lions

Kinghorn wakes up Itoje as he arrives for Australia tour

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4 d. ago Blair Kinghorn gives Lions skipper Maro Itoje a rude awakening

Kinghorn has now arrived in Australia for the British and Irish Lions tour after winning the French Top 14 title with Toulouse

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4 d. ago Blair Kinghorn arrives to complete Lions set as Queensland Reds await

Scotland full-back earmarked for weekend matchUntested pairing of Gibson-Park and Russell face RedsTo say the last couple of days have been a blur for Blair Kinghorn is putting it mildly. As recently as the early hours of Sunday he was celebrating Toulouse’s Top 14 title success in Paris and doing interviews clad only in a pair of budgie smugglers. Now here he is wearing a British & Irish Lions tracksuit, squinting into the Australian sunshine and trying his hardest to focus on the next onrushing target.The Scotland full-back, the last originally-chosen squad member to arrive, will not be involved in the Lions’ midweek game against the Reds but is earmarked to feature against the Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday. All being well a potential slot in the Test XV could follow but even for a class act like Kinghorn it is going to take a lot of frantic paddling below the surface to get up to speed. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Blair Kinghorn delays Lions flight after going distance in extra

Toulouse player will be last player to link up with Farrell’s original squad

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6 d. ago Glory for Blair Kinghorn but Toulouse need extra time in Top 14 final classic

Holders prevail as Jonny Gray and Bordeaux are edged out in Paris

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7 d. ago Blair Kinghorn v Jonny Gray as French rugby's big night throws up surprise selection

Scotland team-mates go head to head in Top 14 final

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7 d. ago Gareth Thomas backs Blair Kinghorn to shine on late link up with British and Irish Lions Tour

Scotland full-back Blair Kinghorn, who will run out at the Stade de France on Saturday night for the Top 14 final for club side Toulouse against European champions Bordeaux.

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2 w. ago Holly Willoughby cosies up to pal Christine Lampard in hysterical throwback snap from the pair's kooky girls' night

The former This Morning presenter, 44, and Loose Women host, 46, appeared to be having a wonderful time as they playfully posed with crisps in their mouths as fangs.

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2 w. ago Blair Kinghorn Lions arrival further delayed as Scotland full

Kinghorn returns from injury in semi-final victory

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2 w. ago The first Lions match is about laying down a marker – but Pumas bring range of threats | Ugo Monye

Early days in a Lions camp can be nervy and everyone wants to play in Friday’s first match but Argentina provide a tough testEvery single member of the British & Irish Lions squad is in the perfect sweet spot at the moment. Blair Kinghorn aside, they all arrived into camp with a spring in their step and a smile on their face because their dreams have been realised. Speaking from experience, it is amazing how quickly you can leave national allegiances at the door.At this stage, there is no sense of what the Test team will be, no division, or feeling that you have to make do with being a midweek dirt-tracker – the thing you are probably most nervous about is who your roommate will be. You know it will be someone from a different country and my first roommate was Keith Earls. As the youngest member of the 2009 squad, he was responsible for looking after the Lions mascot and I felt like I needed to mind him. I soon realised there are few as competitive as Keith and he did not need m...

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2 w. ago Blair Kinghorn's Toulouse return is good news for Lions but could mean a delay

Scotland international recovers from knee injury in time for semi-final

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2 w. ago Riots break out in Derry for second night as 'petrol bombs' thrown at cops

Police in Northern Ireland said they are dealing with a second night of disorder in Derry - and have asked the public to avoid the Nailors Row area of Derry this evening

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2 w. ago Coronation Street confirms 'devastating' party that goes wrong for nine characters

It begins in the ITV soap when Aadi Alahan decides to throw a party which becomes a night to remember, and not for the right reasons

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3 w. ago Petrol bombs thrown at police during fifth night of Northern Ireland disorder

Police have come under attack for a fifth consecutive night in Northern Ireland, in what has been dubbed a ‘week of shame’ for the region.

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3 w. ago Riot police out for fourth night as fire on street and rocks thrown at cops in UK town

The violent scenes comes after three nights of violence in towns across Northern Ireland saw cops pelted with petrol bombs and foreign families targetted by masked thugs

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3 w. ago Idiot rioter accidentally sets him self on fire after Molotov cocktail disaster in Ballymena

Fireworks and bottles were thrown at police in a second night of Ballymena violence but one idiot's attempt backfired spectacularly and bit him on the backside . . . literally

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3 w. ago Idiot rioter accidentally sets himself on fire after Molotov cocktail disaster in Ballymena

Fireworks and bottles were thrown at police in a second night of Ballymena violence but one idiot's attempt backfired spectacularly and bit him on the backside – literally

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