Why do the British call themselves lions, when lions are African?
Australians call themselves after an Australian animal, the South Africans after a South African animal, but the British are named after an African animal
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If their players have similar organs to lions and are as strong, as someone below has bizarrely claimed, does that mean they could physically fight off a real lion?
I think the better question to ask would be. Why do people pay massive money travelling around the world to watch them lose ? Seriously when was the last time they won a series ? …1997 vs SA i think
Heres a link explaining their history http://www.lionsrugby.com/history/potted_history.php
It’s got nothing to do with Richard the Lionheart or Ice age lions in Britain or Willie John wrestling a lion or whatever other hair brain ideas people come up with.
Wallabies = They liked to jump
Springboks = They did not know about Jack in the Boks
All Blacks = Lets not go there ( ask Andy )
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i dont know for a fact but i’d imagine it was something that came about when the british empire covered 3/4 of the world and nealry all of Africa was controled by us, i beleive the only reason the name sticks today is the fact we have 3 lions on our football shirt lol
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because we have the Heart of a Lion…strong & powerful.!!
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Its from ancient Heraldry – Richard the Lionheart and all that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:England_COA.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_England
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Well, technically in recent prehistoric times lions ranged much further north than they do now — they were certainly present in the area which is modern Britain during the last ice age and would have encountered people there.
That said, its an animal which has traditionally symbolized courage and became associated with the English royal family through Richard Coeur de Lion. In 19th century political cartoons Britain was always depicted as a lion, much like the Russian bear or the American eagle.
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Lions weren’t only found in Africa. Check it out and you’ll find they were also found in Europe and Asia.
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it is because of richard the lion heart his coat of arms was three lions and weve kept it ever since
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because it sounds better than british and irish hedgehogs!!
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I think the better question to ask would be. Why do people pay massive money travelling around the world to watch them lose ? Seriously when was the last time they won a series ? …1997 vs SA i think
Heres a link explaining their history http://www.lionsrugby.com/history/potted_history.php
It’s got nothing to do with Richard the Lionheart or Ice age lions in Britain or Willie John wrestling a lion or whatever other hair brain ideas people come up with.
Wallabies = They liked to jump
Springboks = They did not know about Jack in the Boks
All Blacks = Lets not go there ( ask Andy )
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Why does any sports team give itself an animal nickname? They’re made up of humans. Anyway a lion would rip apart a roo or springbok. I’ll stick with lions cheers!
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June 15th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
they brought some to england loser
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