46 h. ago British & Irish Lions calm fears over Tadhg Furlong’s fitness for Australia tour

Leinster prop may feature in URC final against Bulls‘We will put our best foot forward for Argentina’The British & Irish Lions have insisted they have no fitness concerns over the veteran tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong and have revealed he and other Premiership and URC finalists will be considered for their opening match against Argentina in Dublin next Friday.Furlong, who has started the last nine Lions Tests, has not played for his province since early May due to a calf injury, prompting fears over his availability for the Australia tour. Zander Fagerson also withdrew from the squad on Monday, leaving options at tighthead severely limited. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Today's rugby news as video reveals Wales coach's plea to players and Lions tour gets huge boost

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4 d. ago British and Irish Lions face mounting tighthead problems as Zander Fagerson ruled out of tour

Doubts have also emerged over Tadhg Furlong’s fitness as Asher Opoku-Fordjour called up to train in Portugal, along with Jamie George

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4 d. ago Scotland star's heartbreak as injury rules 29y/o out of Lions tour

Tighthead fails to recover from calf injury picked up in training

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4 d. ago Scotland prop Zander Fagerson to miss Lions tour with calf injury

The Glasgow Warriors tight head will be replaced in the squad by Ireland and Connacht’s Finlay Bealham.

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4 d. ago Zander Fagerson ruled out of Lions tour as Jamie George among call

The Scotland tighthead is replaced by Ireland’s Finlay Bealham in Andy Farrell’s squad

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4 d. ago Injury crisis brewing for British & Irish Lions with Fagerson out of tour

Tighthead Bealham called up with Furlong also injuredOpoku-Fordjour and George join Portugal training campThe British & Irish Lions are facing mounting injury problems at tighthead prop with Zander Fagerson ruled out of the tour of Australia amid serious question marks over Tadhg Furlong’s fitness.Glasgow’s Fagerson has withdrawn from the squad due to a calf injury with the Ireland and Connacht tighthead prop Finlay Bealham added to the 38-man group as a result. Furlong, meanwhile, has not featured for Leinster since the Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Northampton on 3 May and is also battling with a calf injury. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Injury crisis brewing for British & Irish Lions with Zander Fagerson out of tour

Tighthead Bealham called up with Furlong also injuredOpoku-Fordjour and George join Portugal training campThe British & Irish Lions are facing mounting injury problems at tighthead prop with Zander Fagerson ruled out of the tour of Australia amid serious question marks over Tadhg Furlong’s fitness.Glasgow’s Fagerson has withdrawn from the squad due to a calf injury with the Ireland and Connacht tighthead prop Finlay Bealham added to the 38-man group as a result. Furlong, meanwhile, has not featured for Leinster since the Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Northampton on 3 May and is also battling with a calf injury. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Lions squad headache for Andy Farrell as 16 players unavailable for first camp

The British and Irish Lions training camp was always going to clash with the two domestic finals and it means Andy Farrell's absentee list runs into double digits with Leinster and Bath among the finalists

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6 d. ago Oh my! 'Scottish Attenborough' Gordon Buchanan heads back on tour in 2026 to share more tales of Lions and Tigers and Bears

Due to phenomenal demand, acclaimed wildlife filmmaker and photographer Gordon Buchanan is hitting the road again in 2026, continuing the huge success of his Lions and Tigers and Bears tour.

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7 d. ago Andy Robertson sends defiant message to Milos Kerkez ahead of Liverpool transfer

Liverpool are closing in on the signing of Milos Kerkez, who is seen as a replacement for Andy Robertson, though the Scotland captain insists he still has what it takes to perform at the top level

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1 week ago Freddie Steward eyeing new role in England team on summer tour

Steward is touring Argentina and the USA with England in a summer when many of Steve Borthwick’s biggest stars are on the Lions tour to Australia

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1 week ago Nigel Owens: The 'disaster' rugby law I'd change immediately and the big problem that isn't going away

The legendary Welsh referee gives his take on rugby's recent law changes and a new proposal for the Lions tour

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2 w. ago Tonight's rugby news as S4C strike Lions tour deal and Welsh 'maestro' reminds Wales he's available

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2 w. ago Lions considering new proposal for Australia tour after breakthrough Cardiff talks

The Lions and Australia are keen to avoid a repeat of the anticlimactic end to the 2017 tour in New Zealand

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2 w. ago The Breakdown | A flashback to following the 2001 Lions’ enthralling tour of Australia

After a taste of the atmosphere during a post-university year travelling I was hooked and the memories will last a lifetimeJune 2001. I’m on an overnight Greyhound bus from Cairns to Townsville. A typical post-university year travelling in Australia and New Zealand has taken an unwelcome turn after an equally typical relationship breakup.Initially there had been no plans to follow that year’s British & Irish Lions tour, even though I had been enthralled by the classic encounter against the Springboks four years before. With my newfound freedom it seemed logical to head south, a couple of hundred miles down the coast, to see the legendary tourists in action. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rachel Corsie calls time after chronic pain with dream ending for Scotland

Captain talks about living the dream but also the injury that made it difficult to walk up stairs and get out of the bathRachel Corsie has revealed she has battled through chronic pain to ensure she could end her career with the dream scenario of playing for her country. The 35-year-old Scotland captain will retire after the Women’s Nations League matches at home to Austria on Friday and the away game against the Netherlands in Tilburg on 3 June.Corsie, who recovered from a knee injury to play her final club game for Aston Villa this month, said: “My body has really wanted this to be my last year but my heart and my head have been stubborn and said ‘I’m not quite ready’.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Today's rugby news as Owen Farrell set for shock England return and Lions to face infamous tour villain

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3 w. ago Tonight's rugby news as Lions tour gets World Rugby bombshell update and Welsh coach admits he didn't know players' names

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3 w. ago Sione Tuipulotu 'all in' for Lions tour as Scotland captain addresses subject of international allegience

Native Australian qualifies through ancestery

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