News Source: Independent
| 5 months ago
Lions captain Paul O'Connell is determined to end the tour on a high after the disappointment of losing the series with their second-Test defeat in Pretoria last weekend. The Lions have not won a Test since the victory over Australia (eight years and...
News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 5 months ago
Springbok enforcer Schalk Burger has been banned for eight weeks for gouging Lions winger Luke Fitzgerald in his country's second test 28-25 victory on Sunday. Burger was yellow carded after just 32 seconds of the game by French referee Christophe...
News Source: The independent
| 5 months ago
Paul O'Connell says the Lions need to claim the win he feels they deserve in Johannesburg Leaving aside the continuing argument over the Schalk Burger gouging affair – Graham Rowntree, the British and Irish Lions scrum technician, could be heard...
News Source: 7days
| 5 months ago
Schalk Burger’s attack on Luke Fitzgerald’s eyes and the lack of retribution was a huge turning point in Saturday’s second Test. But the fallout has given the third Test of an excellent tour, a murky tinge. The debate over whether it was really...
News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
DID the Lions congratulate the Boks on winning the Test series or not? There was still uncertainty yesterday over the perceived slight to the Boks. On Monday, Bok coach Peter de Villiers said his team was still awaiting congratulations from their...
News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 5 months ago
The Lions have renewed their attack on Peter de Villiers for claiming that eye-gouging was just part of rugby with Brian O'Driscoll, saying the Springboks coach brought the game into disrepute and coach Graham Rowntree describing his words as crass,...