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British Lions Tours

The British Lions are one of the most popular rugby teams in the entire world. Widely considered to be one of the best of all time, they have competed in countless tours since 1888 through Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
The British Lions also toured Argentina on a regular basis before the Second World War.

Currently, every four years a tour is done, with the last one taking place in New Zealand in 2005, and the next one in South Africa in 2009.

The team never plays a tour at home, however they did play one home fixture against Argentina at Cardiff on May 23, 2005, before going on to New Zealand.

This proved to be an incredibly popular event, with rugby tickets for the British Lions games selling very quickly.

Through all the tours, the team’s matches against local teams have been very successful, with British Lions’ tickets selling out and large crowds coming to see the best players in Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England coming to their country to play in a friendly, albeit at times violent, matches.

When the team is on tour, they play mid-week games against local provinces or clubs, while weekend’s are reserved for full tests against the host’s national team.

There is often tension between the players for those who are selected for the test, and those who are only used for the mid-week games.

The team has won 16 tours, while losing 21 tours and drawing on one. The longest run of success for the British Lions was from 1891 to 1899, when they won three tours in a row. The most tour losses in a row for the team came between 1977 and 1986.

Currently, the team is trying to right the difficulties of the past, where they have won only three wins (1989-France and Australia, 1997-South Africa) between 1977 and 2005, while losing seven tours (1977 to 1986, 1993, 2001 to 2005).

The British Isle’s tours have been a big draw, often selling out on rugby tickets very quickly. Through their tours of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, they have helped to bring rugby to millions of other individuals, as well as through their tours of Argentina, Canada and France in years past.

As a result, the service that the British Lions have played to the game of rugby is invaluable to the sport of rugby. It is of little wonder that so many players consider playing for the British Lions to be the greatest honor they can receive in their playing career.

It is of little surprise that the rugby tickets for British Lions’ tours are so popular and go so quickly, often for very high prices in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.