77 m. 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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1 hour 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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4 h. ago Jaws and effect: How Spielberg’s epic changed our relationship with sharks forever

As Steven Spielberg’s classic celebrates its 50th anniversary, Olivia Petter examines the impact its villainous 25-foot great white has had on shark conservation, and misconceptions around these so-called beasts of the sea

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24 h. ago British and Irish Lions announce replacement after ‘shocking’ Tomos Williams injury loss

Ben White has been called up from the Scotland squad that is currently in New Zealand to fill the vacancy, while Andy Farrell has also named his side to play Queensland Reds on Wednesday

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24 h. ago British and Irish Lions team vs Queensland Reds: Jamison Gibson

James Ryan also fit after injury as Andy Farrell makes 14 changes from seven-try demolition of Western Force in tour opener

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25 h. ago British and Irish Lions: Andy Farrell rues 'shocking' Tomos Williams injury loss as Ben White called up

Wales scrum-half will play no further part in Australia after hamstring issue suffered against Western Force

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26 h. ago Scotland man called up by British & Irish Lions after 'shocking news'

Three Scots named in team to face Queensland Reds

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26 h. ago British and Irish Lions announce replacement after suffering ‘shocking’ Tomos Williams injury loss

Andy Farrell haw called up Ben White from the Scotland squad that is currently in New Zealand to fill the vacancy

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27 h. ago Tomos Williams a ‘shocking’ injury loss as Lions turn to Ben White

White has been called up from the Scotland squad that is currently in New Zealand to fill the vacancy.

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28 h. ago Lions star OUT of Australia tour after being injured while scoring with replacement named

British and Irish Lion scrum-half Tomos Williams has seen his tour ended by a hamstring injury that he picked up while scoring at the weekend, with Scotland's Ben White in to replace him

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32 h. ago Tomos Williams forced out of Lions tour due to hamstring issue

Jac Morgan is the only Welsh player remaining in Andy Farrell’s squad.

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40 h. ago Joe McCarthy enjoying friendship with ‘good fella’ Henry Pollock

The Irishman has struck up a bond with his fellow forward on the British and Irish Lions’ tour of Australia.

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43 h. ago Inside the glamorous world of the British and Irish Lions WAGs: Meet the model, nutritionist and heptathlete supporting their men this summer

The British and Irish Lions will be returning to Australia for the first time in 12 years as they look to emulate their series-winning predecessors of 2013 this summer.

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44 h. ago Australian rugby’s incendiary attitude towards nationality needs extinguishing | Robert Kitson

Wallabies’ great pleasure in focusing on where a Lions player was born is an inflammatory device masked as banterSo there we were in the bowels of Optus Stadium in Perth on Saturday night. The post-game media mixed zone is not always the natural home of relaxed, honest repartee, but Sione Tuipulotu is a friendly guy and the British & Irish Lions had just won their opening tour game in Australia. It was a chance for a couple of ritual enquiries and a spot of gentle breeze-shooting.It was good to see Tuipulotu smiling aside from anything else. He’d missed the entire Six Nations through injury, initially putting his tour participation in doubt. It must have been a particularly tough period given he was Scotland’s captain back in the autumn and also grew up in Melbourne. To say he fancied going on this trip would be an understatement. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Don’t know how funny that gag is – Sione Tuipulotu laughs off ‘Aussie’ dig

Western Force’s stadium announcer introduced the British and Irish Lions’ four southern hemisphere-raised players by the countries of their birth.

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67 h. ago Tomos Williams injury leaves Farrell’s Lions facing race to fill scrum

Scotland’s Ben White could come in from New ZealandFarrell: ‘We fixed things up and played some good rugby’The British & Irish Lions are weighing up their scrum-half options after an injury to Tomos Williams that threatens to sideline the Welshman at the busiest stage of the squad’s Australian tour.The head coach, Andy Farrell, said a decision on calling up a replacement would be made on Sunday, with Scotland’s Ben White among the leading contenders to replace Williams at No 9. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago British and Irish Lions face anxious wait over fitness of Tomos Williams

The Wales scrum-half limped off in the rout of Western Force.

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68 h. ago Lions hit with major injury scare during statement Force win

The British & Irish Lions claimed their first victory on Australian soil by overwhelming Western Force 54-7 but a possible injury crisis is brewing at scrum-half after Tomos Williams was forced off

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68 h. ago Lions player ratings as Henry Pollock pure X factor but Irish duo need to up games

The British & Irish Lions are up and running.

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69 h. ago British Lions win first tour game on Australian soil but potential injury crisis brews

WESTERN FORCE 7-54 BRITISH & IRISH LIONS: Tomos Williams suffered a hamstring injury at Optus Stadium to leave coach Andy Farrell sweating on his scrum-half options

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