Rob Kearney of the Lions is tackled during the  match against the ACT Brumbies and the British & Irish Lions at Canberra Stadium. Photograph:   David Rogers/Getty Images

Brumbies 14 Lions 12: Warren Gatland gambled on sacrificing the Lions’ unbeaten record by picking his non-test team and a makeshift backline four day(...)

Jonathan Sexton is reported to be fit and well for Saturday’s game against the Waratahs.

The late night call-up of Billy Twelvetrees, at 12.30am Australian time last night, has fuelled fears that Jonny Sexton’s hamstring complaint has beco(...)

  Billy Twelvetrees will leave England’s tour of Argentina to join the Lions as backline cover. Photograph:  Stu Forster/Getty Images

Billy Twelvetrees has been called up by the British and Irish Lions from England’s tour of Argentina to provide backline cover.The 24-year-old, who c(...)

Outhalf  Stuart Hogg, practising at the Hunter Stadium yesterday, has been backed to make a success of his role for the Lions.  Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

No sooner had the Lions tour of Australia experienced a vibrant lift-off than it is set to run anti-climactically to ground again. Following on from t(...)

The Lions’   George North is tackled by Queensland Reds’ Anthony Faingaa   at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Welcome to Australia. It’s games like this that make Lions tours. Roared on by an excitable, mostly hostile capacity full-house in an atmospheric aren(...)

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(...)

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(...)

Celtic manager Neil Lennon at today’s press conference to announce the ‘Dublin Decider’ match between Celtic and Liverpool. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho

Neil Lennon is an engaging interviewee. The Celtic manager is in Dublin to promote a friendly against Liverpool at the Aviva stadium on August 10th an(...)

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(...)

Owen Farrell applauds  after the Barbarians hooker, Schalk Brits, was shown a yellow card in Hong Kong. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

Jonny Sexton is a British and Irish Lion; Lion number 791. He may well prove to be the most important Lion on this tour but in any event Sexton’s rich(...)

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