Haka vs British & Irish Lions “The Original”

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Lions Rugby Team- Who Will Make The Lions Rugby Team?

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Did you think South Africa would beat the British and Irish Lions?

Also, when was the last time the B&I Lions actually won a tour? I’m sure they lost against New Zealand.

Odd timing to this question, given that the Springboks took two of of three from the Lions just last summer. They certainly weren’t crushed, just beaten by a better team. In particular, the second game in the series could have gone either way. It will be Australia’s turn in the next tour (2013), but that isn’t for another three years.

Anyway, in the modern professional era is unrealistic to expect the B&I Lions to beat any established Tier One national side in a multi-game series. The are a collection of fine brilliant individual players but they are still individuals. The squad is essentially a "throw-together" one which only trains and plays together for six to eight weeks every four years. But it takes a full year of training to turn a collection of individual players into a TEAM. It is a wonderful publicity and fund raising tour for the sport, but it is not serious rugby.

Same factors apply to the SH powers. If a hypothetical SANZAR squad (organized on the same basis - six seeks out of every four years) were to tour the home nations and/or France, they would do no better, for the same reasons. They would win the odd game, but would not be consistent enough to do it on a regular basis.

To answer the other part of your question, the last time the Lions won a test series was their most recent (excepting last year) tour against the Springboks in 1997. A last gasp of the amateur era.

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 )

Fenian trying to awake the British lion again?

That awful and cowardly attack on the British soldiers in Ireland yesterday,
How do the IRA think this will help them?

Dont they know that the British army can come down to county Armagh and other Catholic areas and crush them in 5 minutes?

Dont they also know that Britains can have foot soldiers walking into the Irish Parliaments in less then 3days with a full scale invasion?

So why are they once again poking the stick at the British lion?

All for what? more tit for tat?

Do you really think that Britain will come down on Ireland for this. There is no way they will invade Ireland, and the IRA knows it. They will fight like they have for generations, a long slow fight that will deteriorate the will of the British. With wars already in Iraq and Afghanistan the British people will tolerate the death of their soldiers even less, and will be more inclined to give in.

does changing the colour of a logo avoid copyright laws?

hello, im looking for a lion logo, like the british lion crest as a logo for my company. Can I change the colour of another companys logo legally?

You can modify the logo for your purposes if and only if it cannot be mistaken by a compete and prudent person as being the same.

Mormonism: Was Brigham Young (aka The British Lion) a reptilian shape-shifter that totally brainwashed founder

Smith was originally an anti-Scottish Rite Freemasonry. Its been said that the Mormon church will be christened the official church of the New World Order because of their totally successful brainwashing techniques over the masses. Is this scary or what?
Even the atheists don’t stand a chance. No offence to anyone.

Mormonism = wrong view of Jesus Christ.

http://www.mechanicsburgnewchurch.org

handgun.Revolver. MOORE*Co LONDON 32 CALIBER "BRITISH LION"?

who has information about old fire arms? my grandad left some very old arms, like these handguns, shotguns
from 1890. i live in queretaro, mexico.
my email<<<<<. mayoranzatx@yahoo.com.mx

the value of a gun is heavily dictated by it’s condition, and the rarity of the firearm. There are some guns that are old, but are quite common and hence not very valuable. Sometimes you can find a gun that is very very close to what you ahve on the internet, but even that is not exact, as maybe the one on the net is extra special because it is a rare serial number or odd feature that you don’t even notice.

http://antiquearmsinc.com/moore-revolver-antique.htm
http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=95825187
http://www.armchairgunshow.com/otsDSZ_spurtriggers.htm

Who has been the best BRITISH performer throughout the Eurpean Championship Qualifiers?

a couple of examples that come to mind would be David Healy of Norn Iron for his 12 goals throughout the qualifying campaign, James McFadden of Scotland for his few vital goals notable away in France, Gareth Barry/ Emile Heskey of England for sparking a bit of life back into the three lions….

Let me know what you think…..

mazin’ evrybody is votin scotland - wonder why english?
is cos they can play football, lol, and their manager is not an idiot and most important they achaiving results. that may be an alien concept to mc(BUMHEAD)laren and co. but winning generally helps you to qualify, mot relying on the other teams performing little miracles - you have to big ones yourself.
i would like to add a vote for scotland although big kudos to wee dave healy at N.I. i reckon he might fire them in to the championships, which is more than can be said for wayne rooney et al (the pies)

how do you think the British Isles as a rughby union international team would fare at the world cup?

in view of the lions performance how do you think that a British Isles team would fare (minus the Irish players) at a world cup if they played together regularly

Well I presume you mean an established team from the four home nations which practises and plays together on a continuous basis — not a through-together, six-weeks-once-every-four-years squad like the Lions.

If that is the case, they would do very well — the population base alone — 70 to 80 million puts the SH nations at a serious disadvantage. They would have no difficulty defeating Australia on a regular basis.

The only fly in the ointment is that association football is still the number one sport in England and Scotland. Rugby would have to split that pool of athletes with soccer. In New Zealand and South Africa, rugby gets first pick (just like gridiron in America, ice hockey in Canada, or soccer in Argentina) of the most talented athletes. That would give them an edge which would allow them to stay competitive with your hypothetical British/Irish squad.