Bring on the dancing girls

There are some dubious junkets to this fine country on the occasion of the Lions tour but one possibly takes the biscuit

There are some dubious junkets to this fine country on the occasion of the Lions tour but one possibly takes the biscuit. The Lions will break new ground by employing an accompanying dance troupe in the forthcoming tests. Included at the front of the troupe will be a kilt-wearing former rugby played called Gareth Reynolds. "It's going to be hell," he told one of the BBC's intrepid reporters. "Three weeks and three games surrounded by beautiful looking women.

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