British and Irish Lions

The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for any of the Home Nations – the national teams of England, Scotland, and Wales – and Ireland. ^[1]

Alf Bucher

Alfred "Alf" Moore Bucher (22 March 1874 – 20 August 1939) was a Scottish international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Edinburgh Academicals.

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Alfred Shaw (29 August 1842 – 16 January 1907) was an eminent Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings (5/35).

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Alun Wyn Jones

Alun Wyn Jones (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Amateur

An amateur (French amateur "lover of", from Old French and ultimately from Latin amatorem nom. amator, "lover") is generally considered a person who pursues a particular activity or field of study independently from their source of income.

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Andrew Stoddart

Andrew Ernest Stoddart (11 March 1863 – 4 April 1915) was a sportsman who played international cricket for England, and rugby union for England and the British Isles.

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Andy Irvine (rugby union)

Andrew Robertson Irvine (born 16 September 1951) is a former President of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), and a former Scottish international rugby player.

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Angus Cameron (rugby union)

Angus Cameron (24 June 1929 – 1 April 1991) was a Scottish international rugby union playerBath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007) who played for Glasgow HSFP and Glasgow District.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Argentina national rugby union team

The Argentina national rugby team is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR, from the Spanish: Unión Argentina de Rugby).

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Arthur Harding

Arthur Flowers Harding (8 August 1878 – 15 May 1947) was an English-born international rugby union player who played for and captained the Wales national team.

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Arthur O'Brien

Arthur Boniface O'Brien (15 May 1878 – 31 May 1951) librarydata.christchurch.org.nz was a New Zealand rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Guy's Hospital.

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Arthur Rotherham

Arthur Rotherham (27 May 1869 – 3 March 1946) was an English rugby union scrum-half who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was later capped for the England team.

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Arthur Shrewsbury

Arthur Shrewsbury (11 April 1856 – 19 May 1903) was an English cricketer and rugby football administrator.

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Arthur Smith (rugby union)

Arthur Robert Smith (23 January 1933 - 3 February 1975) was an English rugby union player.

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Australia national rugby union team

The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is controlled by Rugby Australia.

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Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Australian rules football in England

Australian rules football in England is a team sport and spectator sport with a long history and has grown since 1989 to a number of local and regional leagues coordinated by AFL England.

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Barbarian F.C.

The Barbarian Football Club, usually called the Barbarians and nicknamed the Baa-Baas, is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain.

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Barry John

Barry John (born 6 January 1945) is a former Welsh rugby union fly-half who played, during the amateur era of the sport, in the 1960s, and early 1970s.

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BBC Sport

BBC Sport is a department of the BBC North division providing national sports coverage for BBC Television, radio and online.

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Bernard Charles Hartley

Major Bernard Charles "Jock" Hartley OBE (16 March 1879 – 24 April 1960) was a rugby union international player who represented England from 1901 to 1902.

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Bernard Gadney

Bernard Cecil Gadney (16 July 1909 – 15 November 2000) was an English rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Leicester Tigers, England and the British Lions.

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Bill Beaumont

William Blackledge Beaumont CBE DL (born 9 March 1952 in Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a former rugby union player, and was captain of the England rugby union team, earning 34 caps.

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Bill Maclagan

William Edward Maclagan (5 April 1858 – 10 October 1926) was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C..

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Bleddyn Williams

Bleddyn Williams MBE (22 February 1923 – 6 July 2009), was a Welsh rugby union centre.

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Blues (Super Rugby)

The Blues (known as the Auckland Blues until 2000) are a professional rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand who play in the Super Rugby competition.

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Bob Hiller

Robert Hiller (born 14 October 1942) is a former England international rugby union player.

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Brian O'Driscoll

Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is a retired Irish professional rugby union player.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles.

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British Lions v World XV

British Lions v World XV was a 1986 rugby union match that saw the British Lions play against a Rest of the World XV to celebrate the centenary of the International Rugby Football Board.

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Brumbies

The Brumbies (for sponsorship reasons known as the Plus500 Brumbies and formerly known as the ACT Brumbies) are an Australian professional rugby union football team competing in the Super Rugby.

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Bryn Meredith

Brinley "Bryn" Victor Meredith (born 21 October 1930 in Abersychan) was a rugby union international.

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Canada national rugby union team

The Canada national rugby union team (Équipe du Canada de rugby à XV) is governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and white.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.

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Cap (sport)

In sport, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance in a game at international level.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Arms Park (Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park and the BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park for sponsorship reasons from September 2014, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales.

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Carl Aarvold

Sir Carl Douglas Aarvold, OBE, TD (7 June 1907 – 17 March 1991), was an English barrister who became Recorder of London.

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Carwyn James

Carwyn Rees James (2 November 1929 – 10 January 1983) was a Welsh rugby union player and coach.

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Charlie Adamson

Charles Young Adamson (18 April 1875 – 17 September 1918) was an English international rugby union utility back who played club rugby for Durham.

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Chiefs (rugby union)

The Chiefs (formerly known as the Waikato Chiefs and officially called the Gallagher Chiefs for sponsorship reasons) are a professional rugby union team based in Hamilton, New Zealand.

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Ciaran Fitzgerald

Ciaran Fitzgerald (born 4 June 1952) is an Irish former rugby union player.

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Cliff Morgan

Clifford Isaac "Cliff" Morgan, (7 April 1930 – 29 August 2013) was a Welsh rugby union player who played for Cardiff RFC and earned 29 caps for Wales between 1951 and 1958.

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Clive Woodward

Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach.

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Colin Deans

Colin Thomas Deans (born 3 May 1955 in Hawick) in the Scottish borders is a former rugby union player with Hawick RFC and.

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Crusaders (rugby union)

The Crusaders (formerly the Canterbury Crusaders and officially the BNZ Crusaders due to sponsorship by the Bank of New Zealand) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Christchurch, who compete in the Super Rugby competition.

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Currie Cup

The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.

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David Bedell-Sivright

David Revell "Darkie" Bedell-Sivright (8 December 1880 – 5 September 1915) was a Scottish international rugby union forward who captained both Scotland and the British Isles.

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David Hewitt (rugby union, born 1939)

David (Dave) Hewitt is a retired Irish rugby union player.

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David MacMyn

Dr David James MacMyn TD, BA, MB, BCHIR was a rugby union international who represented Scotland from 1925 to 1928 later becoming president of the Scottish Rugby Union. He also practiced as a surgeon.

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David Sole

David Michael Barclay Sole OBE (born 8 May 1962) is a former Scottish rugby union footballer.

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David Watkins (rugby)

David Watkins MBE (born 5 March 1942) is a Welsh former dual-code rugby international, having played both rugby union, and rugby league football for both codes' national teams between 1963 and 1974.

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Dickie Jeeps

Richard Eric Gautrey Jeeps CBE (25 November 1931 – 8 October 2016), known as Dickie Jeeps, was an English rugby union player who played for Northampton having started his career with Cambridge Rugby Club.

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Doug Baker (rugby union)

Douglas George Santley Baker (born 29 November 1929) was a British international rugby player, most notable for taking part in the British Lions tour of South Africa.

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Doug Prentice

Frank Douglas "Doug" Prentice (21 September 1898 – 3 October 1962) was an English rugby union player and administrator who played 239 games for Leicester Tigers between 1923 and 1931, was captain of the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia and served as Secretary of the Rugby Football Union between 1947 and 1962.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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East Africa rugby union team

Established in 1950, The East Africa rugby union team is a multi-national rugby union team drawing players from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, though the vast majority of these came from Kenya which has traditionally been the strongest rugby playing nation in this part of the world.

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Eden Park

Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium.

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Ellis Park Stadium

Ellis Park Stadium (known as Emirates Airline Park for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union and association football stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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Elvet Jones

Elfed Lewis "Elvet" Jones MBE (29 April 1912 – 5 October 1989) was a Welsh rugby union whose international career was curtailed due to the outbreak of the Second World War.

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England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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EPRU Stadium

EPRU Stadium, also known by its original name of Boet Erasmus Stadium, was a stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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Fiji national rugby union team

The Fiji national rugby union team competes every four years at the Rugby World Cup, and their best performances were the 1987 and 2007 tournaments when they defeated Argentina and Wales respectively to reach the quarterfinals.

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Finlay Calder

Finlay Calder OBE (born 20 August 1957) is a Scottish former rugby union player.

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Four Home Unions XV v Rest of Europe XV

Four Home Unions XV v Rest of Europe XV was a rugby union played in 1990 to raise money for the rebuilding of Romania following the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu in December 1989.

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France vs British Lions, 1989

As part of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989, played a British Lions team.

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Frank Stout

Frank Moxon Stout MC (21 February 1877 – 30 May 1926) also referred to as Frank Moxham Stout, was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Gloucester and Richmond.

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Frank Sykes

Frank Douglas Sykes (–) born in Batley, was an English rugby union footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

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Gareth Edwards

Sir Gareth Owen Edwards, CBE (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey".

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Gareth Thomas (rugby)

Gareth Thomas (born 25 July 1974), nicknamed "Alfie", is a Welsh former professional rugby player, who represented Wales in both rugby union, and rugby league.

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Gavin Hastings

Andrew Gavin Hastings, OBE (born 3 January 1962) is a Scottish former rugby union player.

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George Beamish

Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, (29 April 1905 – 13 November 1967) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force from the Second World War to his retirement in the late 1950s.

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Gerald Davies

Thomas Gerald Reames Davies CBE DL (born 7 February 1945 in Llansaint) is a Welsh former rugby union wing who played international rugby for Wales between 1966 and 1978.

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God Save the Queen

"God Save the Queen" (alternatively "God Save the King", depending on the gender of the reigning monarch) is the national or royal anthem in a number of Commonwealth realms, their territories, and the British Crown dependencies.

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Graham Henry

Sir Graham William Henry (born 8 June 1946) is a New Zealand rugby union coach, and former head coach of the country's national team, the All Blacks.

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Graham Price

Graham Price MBE (born 24 November 1951 in Moascar, Egypt) is a former Welsh rugby union player, who was a member of the famous Pontypool RFC front row known as the "Viet Gwent".

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Griqualand West

Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km² that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province.

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Harry Packer

Harry Packer (9 September 1868 – 25 May 1946) was an English-born international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport and was capped seven times for Wales.

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Haydn Morris

Haydn Morris (born 14 July 1928) is a former Cardiff, and British and Irish Lions international rugby union wing three-quarter.

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Highlanders (rugby union)

The Highlanders (formerly the Otago Highlanders and currently known as the Pulse Energy Highlanders for sponsorship reasons) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby.

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History of rugby union matches between Argentina and the British and Irish Lions

Meetings between the rugby union teams of Argentina and British and Irish Lions are not held in regular intevals.

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History of rugby union matches between Australia and the British and Irish Lions

Australia (the Wallabies) first played against the British and Irish Lions in 1899, winning 13 – 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney.

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History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and the British and Irish Lions

The All Blacks first played against the British and Irish Lions at rugby union in 1904, beating them 9–3 at Athletic Park, Wellington.

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History of rugby union matches between South Africa and the British and Irish Lions

The Springboks first played against the British and Irish Lions in 1891, losing 4–0 at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth.

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Home Nations

The home nations, refers collectively to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (countries of the United Kingdom), and in certain sports (e.g. rugby football) contexts, to England, Scotland, Wales and the whole island of Ireland.

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HSBC

HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational banking and financial services holding company, tracing its origin to a hong in Hong Kong.

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Hurricanes (rugby union)

The Hurricanes (formerly the Wellington Hurricanes) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Wellington that competes in Super Rugby.

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Ian McGeechan

Sir Ian Robert McGeechan, OBE (born 30 October 1946) is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach.

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Ian Smith (Scottish rugby player born 1903)

Ian Scott Smith (31 October 1903 – 18 September 1972) was a rugby union wing who played 32 Tests for Scotland and two Tests for the British Isles.

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Ireland national rugby union team

The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union.

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Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War (Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Irish Rugby Football Union

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence (Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland.

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J. F. Byrne

James Frederick Byrne (19 June 1871 – 10 May 1954) was a sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.

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J. J. Williams

John James Williams MBE (born 1 April 1948), known universally as J. J. Williams, is a former Welsh rugby union player who gained thirty caps for Wales as a winger.

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J. P. R. Williams

John Peter Rhys Williams MBE FRCS (born 2 March 1949) is a former rugby union footballer who represented Wales in international rugby during their Golden Era in the 1970s.

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Jack Jones (rugby player)

John "Jack" Phillips Jones (3 March 1886 – 19 March 1951) was a Welsh international centre who played club rugby for Pontypool Rugby Club and Newport Rugby Football Club.

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Jack Siggins

John Allan Edward "Jack" Siggins (28 June 1909 – 24 December 1995) was an Irish rugby union Number 8.

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Jack Spoors

John Ainsworth 'Jack' Spoors (1 July 1886 – 19 March 1963) was an English international, rugby union back who played club rugby for Bristol.

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James Baxter (sportsman)

James Baxter (8 June 1870 – 5 July 1940) played rugby union for the English rugby union side between at the turn of the 20th century and won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics for sailing in the 12-metre class.

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Jeff Butterfield

Jeffrey Butterfield (9 August 1929, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire – 30 April 2004, Wicken, Northamptonshire) was an England, British and Irish Lions, Yorkshire, Cleckheaton RUFC, Northampton and Barbarians Rugby player and businessman.

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Jim Greenwood (rugby union)

James Thomson ‘Jim’ Greenwood (2 December 1928 – 13 September 2010) ESPNScrum.com was a Scottish rugby union player and coach.

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Jim Telfer

James Telfer (born 17 March 1940) is a Scottish rugby union coach and a former rugby player.

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Jimmy Farrell

James Leo Farrell (7 August 1903 in Ireland – 24 October 1979 in Cirencester, England) was an Irish rugby player.

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Jimmy Gillespie

John Imrie Gillespie (16 January 1879 – 5 December 1943), known as Jimmy Gillespie, was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for and the Lions.

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John Beattie (rugby union)

John Ross Beattie (born 27 November 1957) is a Scottish broadcaster and former rugby union player.

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John Dawes

Sydney John Dawes OBE (born 29 June 1940 in Chapel of Ease, part of Abercarn near Newbridge, South Wales) is a former Welsh rugby union player, playing at centre, and later coach.

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John Raphael (sportsman)

John Edward Raphael (30 April 1882 – 11 June 1917)Encyclopedia Judaica was a Belgian-born sportsman who was capped nine times for England at rugby union and played first-class cricket with Surrey.

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John Robins (rugby player)

John Robins (17 May 1926 – 21 February 2007), was a Welsh international rugby union player who attained 11 caps for Wales between 1950 and 1953.

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John Willcox

John Graham Willcox (born 16 February 1937, Sutton Coldfield) is a rugby union international who represented England from 1961 to 1964, and the British and Irish Lions in 1962.

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Johnny Hammond (rugby union)

John "Johnny" Hammond (28 July 1860 – 21 November 1907) was an English rugby union forward who, although not capped for England, was part of three British Lions tours, all to South Africa.

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Jonny Wilkinson

Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, CBE (born 25 May 1979) is an English former rugby union player who represented England and the British and Irish Lions.

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Karl Mullen

Dr Karl Daniel Mullen (26 November 1926 – 27 April 2009) was an Irish Rugby Union player and consultant gynaecologist who captained the Irish rugby team and captained the British Lions on their 1950 tour to Australia and New Zealand.

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Keith Jarrett (rugby)

Keith Jarrett (born 18 May 1948) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Keith Rowlands

Keith Alun Rowlands (7 February 1936 – 18 November 2006), was a Welsh international lock rugby union player, later administrator who was the first chief executive officer of the International Rugby Board.

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Ken Jones (rugby union, born 1941)

David Kenneth Jones (born 7 August 1941) is a former international rugby union player.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Kurtley Beale

Kurtley Beale (born 6 January 1989) is an Australian professional rugby union football player of Aboriginal descent.

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Leigh Halfpenny

Stephen Leigh Halfpenny (born 22 December 1988) is a Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player.

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Lewis Jones (rugby)

Benjamin Lewis Jones (born 11 April 1931) is a Welsh former rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s.

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List of British and Irish Lions test matches

This is a list of individual test match and international match results of the British and Irish Lions.

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London Evening Standard

The London Evening Standard (or simply Evening Standard) is a local, free daily newspaper, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format in London.

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Malcolm Price

Malcolm John Price (born) is a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Mark Coxon Morrison

Mark Coxon Morrison (2 April 1877 – 10 May 1945) was a Scottish international rugby union footballer who captained both Scotland and the British and Irish Lions.

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Martin Corry (rugby union)

Martin Edward Corry MBE (born 12 October 1973) is a retired English rugby union footballer who played at number eight, blindside flanker or lock for Bristol and Leicester Tigers and represented England and the British and Irish Lions.

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Martin Johnson (rugby union)

Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970) is an English retired rugby union player who represented and captained England and Leicester in a career spanning 16 seasons.

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Matthew Mullineux

Matthew Mullineux MC (8 August 1867 – 13 February 1945) was an English rugby union scrum-half who, although not capped for England, was selected for two British Lions tours.

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Māori All Blacks

The Māori All Blacks, previously called the New Zealand Māori, are a rugby union team from New Zealand.

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Michael Owen (rugby player)

Michael Owen (born 7 November 1980 in Pontypridd), is a former Welsh international rugby union player, who most often played Number 8, but was also versatile enough to play flanker or even lock.

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Mick Doyle (rugby union)

Mick Doyle (13 October 1941 – 11 May 2004) was an Irish rugby union international player and coach.

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Mike Campbell-Lamerton

Colonel Michael John Campbell-Lamerton (1 August 1933 – 17 March 2005) was a British Army officer and rugby union player.

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Mike Gibson (rugby union)

Cameron Michael Henderson Gibson MBE (born 3 December 1942) is a former rugby union footballer who represented Ireland and the British and Irish Lions at international level.

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Mike Weston

Michael Philip Weston (born 21 August 1938) is a former international rugby union player and captain.

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Millennium Stadium

The Millennium Stadium (Stadiwm y Mileniwm), since 2016 named for sponsorship purposes as the Principality Stadium (Stadiwm Principality), is the national stadium of Wales, located in Cardiff.

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Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (German:; Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.

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Namibia national rugby union team

The Namibia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, are a tier-two nation in the World Rugby tier system, and have participated in five Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999.

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Neil Jenkins

Neil Jenkins, (born 8 July 1971) is a former rugby union player and current coach.

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Neil McPherson (rugby union)

Neil McPherson OBE, (26 September 1892 – 12 November 1957) was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Scotland and the British Lions.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New Zealand Barbarians

The New Zealand Barbarians, nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", are an invitational rugby union team which has been a major part of New Zealand rugby since the team was founded in 1937 by two ex-All Blacks, Ronald Bush, and Hubert McLean who captained their first game (against Auckland) in 1938.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, called the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport.

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Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas.

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Nicolae Ceaușescu

Nicolae Ceaușescu (26 January 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian Communist politician.

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Noel Murphy (rugby union, born 1937)

Noel Arthur Augustine Murphy (born 22 February 1937) is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster, Ireland, the British Lions and the Barbarians as a flanker.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Ollie Campbell

Seamus Oliver "Ollie" Campbell (born 5 March 1954) is an Irish former rugby union player.

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Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council.

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Otago Rugby Football Union

The Otago Rugby Football Union is the official governing body of rugby union for the Otago region of New Zealand.

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Owen Farrell

Owen Andrew Farrell (born 24 September 1991) is an English professional rugby union player, currently playing for Gallagher Premiership side Saracens, and as the Captain of the English international rugby team.

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Paul O'Connell

Paul Jeremiah O'Connell (born 20 October 1979) is a retired Irish rugby union player.

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Percy Bush

Percy Frank Bush (23 June 1879 – 19 May 1955) was a Welsh rugby union player who played international rugby for Wales on eight occasions.

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Peter O'Mahony

Peter O'Mahony (born 17 September 1989) is an Irish rugby union player.

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Phil Bennett

Phillip Bennett OBE (born 24 October 1948) is a former Welsh international rugby union fly half from 1969 to 1978.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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R. H. Williams (rugby union)

Rhys Haydn Williams (14 July 1930 – 27 January 1993), born in Cwmllynfell, was a Welsh rugby union lock forward who gained 23 caps for Wales and ten consecutive caps for the British Lions.

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Raymond Hunter

William Raymond Hunter (born 3 April 1938 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish former cricketer and rugby union player.

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Reg Plummer (rugby player)

Reg Plummer (29 December 1888 – 18 June 1953) was a Welsh international, rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and invitational rugby with both the Barbarians and Crawshays RFC.

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Reggie Gibbs

Reginald "Reggie" Arthur Gibbs (7 May 1882 – 28 November 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Penarth and Cardiff.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Richard Sharp

Richard Adrian William Sharp OBE (born 9 September 1938) from Cornwall, was educated at Blundell's School and at Balliol College, Oxford.

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Rob Andrew

Christopher Robert "Rob" Andrew MBE (born 18 February 1963 in Richmond, Yorkshire), nicknamed "Squeaky", is a former English rugby union footballer and was, until April 2016, Professional Rugby Director at the RFU.

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Rob Howley

Robert Howley (born 13 October 1970 in Bridgend) is a former Welsh rugby union player.

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Robert Seddon

Robert Lionel "Bob" Seddon (birth registered October→December 1860 in Salford district – 15 August 1888) was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Broughton Rangers and Swinton and county rugby for Lancashire.

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Robin Thompson

Robin Thompson (1931–2003) was a rugby union international for Ireland and a former British and Irish Lions captain.

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Roger Uttley

Roger Miles Uttley (born 11 September 1949) OBE MA is a former English rugby union player.

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Roger Walker (rugby union)

Roger Walker (18 September 1846 – 11 November 1919) was a rugby union forward who played club rugby for Manchester Rugby Club and international rugby for England.

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Romanian Rugby Federation

The Romanian Rugby Federation (Federația Română de Rugby, FRR) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania.

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Ronald Cove-Smith

Dr Ronald Cove-Smith (26 November 1899 in Edmonton, Middlesex – 9 March 1988 in Brighton) was a distinguished English physician and sportsman.

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Ronnie Dawson (rugby union)

Alfred Ronald "Ronnie" Dawson (born 5 June 1932) played hooker for Ireland.

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Royal London Group

The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited, along with its subsidiaries, is the largest mutual insurer in the United Kingdom, with Group funds under management of £100 billion.

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Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rugby union and apartheid

Rugby union and apartheid had a complex relationship.

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Rugby union in Argentina

Rugby union in Argentina is a popular team sport.

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Sam Walker (rugby union)

Samuel "Sam" Walker (21 April 1912 – 20 January 1972) was an Irish rugby union prop.

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Sam Warburton

Sam Kennedy-Warburton, OBE MStJ (born 5 October 1988), commonly known as Sam Warburton, is a Welsh international rugby union player.

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Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union.

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Scottish Rugby Union

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland.

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Shaun Edwards

Shaun Edwards, OBE (born 17 October 1966) is a rugby union coach, and former professional rugby league footballer.

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Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

The Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

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South Africa national rugby union team

The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks, is governed by the South African Rugby Union.

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South West Africa

South West Africa (Suidwes-Afrika; Zuidwest-Afrika; Südwestafrika) was the name for modern-day Namibia when it was subsumed under South Africa, from 1915 to 1990.

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Southland, New Zealand

Southland (Murihiku) is New Zealand's southernmost region.

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Sri Lanka national rugby union team

The Sri Lanka national rugby union team has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup.

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Standard Life Aberdeen

Standard Life Aberdeen plc is an investment company with headquarters in Edinburgh and operations around the globe.

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Stephen Jones (rugby player)

Stephen Michael Jones (born 8 December 1977) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played primarily at fly-half for Wales and the British and Irish Lions.

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Stewart Wilson

Stewart Wilson (born 22 October 1942) is a former international rugby union player.

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Super Rugby

Super Rugby is a professional men's rugby union football competition in the Southern Hemisphere and Japan.

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Syd Millar

John Sydney "Syd" Millar, CBE (born 23 May 1934) was a rugby union prop from Northern Ireland who played international rugby for Ireland and the British Lions.

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Teddy Morgan

Edward "Teddy" Morgan (22 May 1880 – 1 September 1949) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

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Test match (rugby union)

A test match in rugby union is an international match, usually played between two senior national teams, that is recognised as such by at least one of the teams' national governing bodies.

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The Power of Four

"The Power of Four" is a joint anthem composed for the British and Irish Lions rugby union team.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Thomas Crean

Major Dr.

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Tom Kiernan

Thomas Joseph Kiernan (born 7 January 1939) is a former Ireland international rugby union player.

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Tom Richards Cup

The Tom Richards Trophy is an international rugby union trophy awarded to the winner of British and Irish Lions vs.

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Tommy Smyth (rugby union)

Dr Tommy Smyth (1 December 1884 - 15 May 1924) was an Irish international, rugby union prop forward who played club rugby for Newport and Malone and invitational rugby with the Barbarians.

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Tony O'Reilly

Sir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly, AO (born 7 May 1936), is an Irish former businessman and international rugby union player.

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Tony Ward (rugby union)

Anthony Joseph Patrick Ward (born 8 October 1954, Dublin, Ireland), commonly referred to as Tony Ward, is a former Irish rugby union and football player during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Virgin Media

Virgin Media Limited is a British company which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom.

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Vivian Jenkins

Vivian Gordon James "Viv" Jenkins (2 November 1911 – 5 January 2004) was a Welsh rugby union player who, having taught Classics and Games at Dover College, went on to have a successful career as a sports journalist.

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Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team (Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) competes annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland.

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Walter E. Rees

Captain Walter Enoch Rees (13 April 1863 – 6 June 1949) National Library of Wales was a Welsh rugby union administrator who was the longest serving secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union and joint manager of the 1910 British Lions tour of South Africa.

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Warren Gatland

Warren David Gatland, OBE (born 17 September 1963) is a New Zealand rugby union coach, currently the head coach of Wales.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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Wellington Regional Stadium

Wellington Regional Stadium (known as Westpac Stadium through naming rights) is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) (Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.

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Western Province (rugby team)

Western Province is a South African rugby union team based in Newlands, Cape Town, that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments.

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William Cail

William Henry Cail (28 February 1849 in Gateshead – 25 November 1925 in Newcastle upon Tyne) was an English rugby pioneer.

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Willie John McBride

William James McBride, MBE, better known as Willie John McBride (born 6 June 1940) is a former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions.

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Willie Llewellyn

William Morris "Willie" Llewellyn (1 January 1878 – 12 March 1973) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

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World Rugby

World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union and rugby sevens.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. The capital and largest city is Harare. A country of roughly million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most commonly used. Since the 11th century, present-day Zimbabwe has been the site of several organised states and kingdoms as well as a major route for migration and trade. The British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes first demarcated the present territory during the 1890s; it became the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1923. In 1965, the conservative white minority government unilaterally declared independence as Rhodesia. The state endured international isolation and a 15-year guerrilla war with black nationalist forces; this culminated in a peace agreement that established universal enfranchisement and de jure sovereignty as Zimbabwe in April 1980. Zimbabwe then joined the Commonwealth of Nations, from which it was suspended in 2002 for breaches of international law by its then government and from which it withdrew from in December 2003. It is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). It was once known as the "Jewel of Africa" for its prosperity. Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980, when his ZANU-PF party won the elections following the end of white minority rule; he was the President of Zimbabwe from 1987 until his resignation in 2017. Under Mugabe's authoritarian regime, the state security apparatus dominated the country and was responsible for widespread human rights violations. Mugabe maintained the revolutionary socialist rhetoric of the Cold War era, blaming Zimbabwe's economic woes on conspiring Western capitalist countries. Contemporary African political leaders were reluctant to criticise Mugabe, who was burnished by his anti-imperialist credentials, though Archbishop Desmond Tutu called him "a cartoon figure of an archetypal African dictator". The country has been in economic decline since the 1990s, experiencing several crashes and hyperinflation along the way. On 15 November 2017, in the wake of over a year of protests against his government as well as Zimbabwe's rapidly declining economy, Mugabe was placed under house arrest by the country's national army in a coup d'état. On 19 November 2017, ZANU-PF sacked Robert Mugabe as party leader and appointed former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his place. On 21 November 2017, Mugabe tendered his resignation prior to impeachment proceedings being completed.

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Zimbabwe national rugby union team

The Zimbabwe national rugby union team, nicknamed the Sables, represents the African nation of Zimbabwe in international competition, and is administered by the Zimbabwe Rugby Union.

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Zurich Insurance Group

Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. is a Swiss insurance company, commonly known as Zurich, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

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1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

The 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was a tour by a British rugby union team, known at the time as the "English Footballers", throughout New Zealand and Australia.

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1891 British Lions tour to South Africa

The 1891 British Isles tour to South Africa was the first British Isles rugby union tour of South Africa and only the second overseas tour conducted by a joint British team.

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1896 British Lions tour to South Africa

1896 British Isles tour to South Africa was a rugby union tour undertaken by the British Isles, one of the first British and Irish Lions tours.

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1899 British Lions tour to Australia

The 1899 British Isles tour to Australia was the fourth rugby union tour by a British Isles team and the second to Australia; though the first tour in 1888 was a private venture, making the 1899 tour the first official undertaking of Australia.

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1903 British Lions tour to South Africa

The 1903 British Isles tour to South Africa was the fifth tour by a British Isles team and the third to South Africa.

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1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

The 1904 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was the sixth tour by a British Isles rugby union team and the third to New Zealand or Australia.

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1908 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

The 1908 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was the seventh tour by a British Isles team and the fourth to New Zealand and Australia.

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1910 British Lions tour to Argentina

The 1910 British Lions tour to Argentina is a retrospective term applied to the tour of Argentina made by a side made up of 16 English players and 3 Scots.

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1910 British Lions tour to South Africa

The 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa was the eighth tour by a British Isles rugby union team and the fourth to South Africa.

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1924 British Lions tour to South Africa

The 1924 British Isles tour to South Africa was the tenth tour by a British Isles team and the fifth to South Africa.

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1927 British Lions tour to Argentina

During its second tour to Argentina, the British Isles team, formed by English and Scottish players, played 9 matches in the country, winning all of them with more than 295 points scored and only 9 conceded.

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1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

The 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia was the twelfth tour by a British Isles team and the fifth to New Zealand and Australia.

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1936 British Lions tour to Argentina

The 1936 Great Britain tour of Argentina was a series of rugby union matches arranged between a British invitational team and various Argentine teams.

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1938 British Lions tour to South Africa

The 1938 British Isles tour to South Africa was the fourteenth tour by a British Isles team and the sixth to South Africa.

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1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

The British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia in 1950 was the first post-war tour made by the Lions; there had not been one since 1938.

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1955 British Lions tour to South Africa

In 1955 the British Lions rugby union team toured Southern and Eastern Africa.

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1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

In 1959, the British Lions rugby union team toured Australia and New Zealand.

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1962 British Lions tour to South Africa

In 1962 the British Lions rugby union team toured Southern and Eastern Africa.

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1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

In 1966 the British Lions toured Australia and New Zealand.

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1968 British Lions tour to South Africa

In 1968 the British Lions toured South Africa.

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1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

In 1971 the British Lions toured New Zealand, also playing two matches in Australia.

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1974 British Lions tour to South Africa

In 1974 the British Lions toured South Africa, with matches in South West Africa and Rhodesia (which would later become Namibia and Zimbabwe respectively).

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1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand

In 1977 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand.

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1980 British Lions tour to South Africa

In 1980 the British Lions rugby union team toured South Africa (including one game in Windhoek, South West Africa, the future Namibia).

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1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand

In 1983 the British and Irish Lions toured New Zealand for the first time since 1977.

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1989 British Lions tour to Australia

In 1989 the British Lions toured Australia for the first time since 1971.

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1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand

In 1993 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand.

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1997 British Lions tour to South Africa

The 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa was a series of matches played by the British Lions rugby union team in South Africa.

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2001 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia

The 2001 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia was a series of matches played by the British and Irish Lions rugby union team in Australia.

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2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand

In 2005, the British and Irish Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, playing seven matches against first and second division teams from the National Provincial Championship, one match against the New Zealand Maori team, and three test matches against New Zealand (the All Blacks).

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2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987.

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2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa

The 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa was an international rugby union tour which took place in South Africa from May to July 2009.

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2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia

The 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia was a rugby union tour during June and July 2013.

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2017 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand

The British and Irish Lions toured New Zealand during June and July 2017.

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2021 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa

The 2021 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa is an international rugby union tour which will take place in South Africa in 2021.

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99 call

In rugby union, the "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the Lions during their 1974 tour to South Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions

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