Paul O’Connell of the Lions charges upfield against the NSW Waratahs  at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

Waratahs 17 Lions 47: The Lions impressively maintained their unbeaten record on this tour with a record winning margin in 21 meetings with the War(...)

British and Irish Lions’ Tommy Bowe has his damaged arm in a sling following the victory over the Queensland Reds at the Suncorp stadium.  Photograph: David Davies/PA Wire.

QUEENSLAND REDS 12 BRITISH & IRISH LIONS 22: The Queensland Reds rolled the dice and came up just short but it was fun watching them try to out(...)

 Cian Healy has been forced out of Lions tour through injury. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Image

Ireland’s Cian Healy will return home from Australia on Sunday after an MRI scan revealed that he had suffered significant ankle ligament damage while(...)

Sam Warburton during a training session. Photograph:  David Davies/PA Wire.

Sam Warburton will make his tour bow when he captains the British and Irish Lions against Queensland Reds on Saturday.Flanker Warburton, who missed th(...)

Rob Kearney trains in Perth yesterday despite confirmation of a grade one hamstring tear. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Akin to the Rolling Stones on tour, Brian O’Driscoll tends to revisit big venues for encores. Tomorrow, he begins his fourth tour where he made his Li(...)

Brian O’Driscoll cools down during a British & Irish Lions  training session in Hong Kong. Photograph:  Dan Sheridan/Inpho

He may not be the tour captain this time around, but four years on from leading the 2009 Lions in South Africa, and five months on from ruling himsel(...)

Lions captain Sam Warburton (centre)  shakes hands with tour manager Andy Irvine (left) and head coach Warren Gatland today.   Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images for HSBC

Sam Warburton described his appointment as British and Irish Lions captain for the 2013 tour to Australia as the “hardest secret I’ve ever had (...)

Wales flanker Sam Warburton will lead the Lions Down Under. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Nine Irish will join Wales flanker and Lions captain Sam Warburton for this summer’s tour of Hong Kong and Australia. Ten English have been sel(...)

Toulon’s Jonny Wilkinson (left) battles for possession with Saracens’ Chris Ashton during the Heineken Cup semi-final at Twickenham. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA

If this was Jonny Wilkinson’s last competitive game at Twickenham it was the fondest of farewells. How about this for a valedictory list of achieve(...)

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Jonny Sexton and Brian O’Driscoll are set to return for Leinster against Munster at Thomond Park next Saturd(...)

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