The best thing about the Lions tour is the opposition. The All-Blacks, as I describe to athletics friends, are the Usain Bolts of rugby – the greatest of all-time. Every single fixture, be it warm-up or test, affords the opportunity to watch New Zealand rugby and witness attacking skills we just don’t see in theContinue reading “A Lions Tour: Divided Loyalties, Rich People, Haka’s and the Greatest Rugby Team of All-Time”
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Learning Humility from the Greatest Rugby Players in the World
‘Hi man, how are you?’ said a soft spoken voice from behind my left shoulder. It was 7:30 am, coincidentally on the morning the Lions would arrive in New Zealand, and I was sat at the edge of a breakfast bench in the Auckland Blues training ground kitchen. I was waiting for my contact fromContinue reading “Learning Humility from the Greatest Rugby Players in the World”
Peter Francis 