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British & Irish Lions 2025

Lions move quickly to fill potential Luke Cowan-Dickie void

Luke Cowan-Dickie (R) of the British & Irish Lions who was carried off the field after being injured is greeted by team mate Alex Mitchell after their victory during the tour match between AUNZ XV and British & Irish Lions at the Adelaide Oval on July 12, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

The Lions boss, Andy Farrell, has sent an emergency SOS call to veteran England and Saracens hooker Jamie George to link up with his squad in Brisbane ahead of next week’s first Test against Australia at Suncorp Stadium.

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Farrell wasted no time in asking George, a Lions tourist in 2017 and 2021, to join up with his squad after Luke Cowan-Dickie was hurt in the 48–0 win over the Australia and New Zealand Invitational XV at the Adelaide Oval.

Cowan-Dickie needed lengthy treatment after colliding with the hip of Lukhan Salakaia-Loto four minutes before the break, but in the second half was seen walking around the tunnel area just before the second half kicked off.

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And Farrell, needing precautionary cover for Ireland duo Dan Sheehan and Rónan Kelleher, wasted no time in phoning George, who is currently with England in Argentina, where tonight they will play their second Test in San Juan.

He had been due to co-captain England and will be replaced by his Saracens team-mate Theo Dan, with Northampton Saints star Curtis Langdon coming onto the bench for Steve Borthwick’s side.

George trained with the Lions in Portugal and Dublin before they left for Australia, and will fly straight to Queensland where the Lions will be training this week, before the much-anticipated first showdown with the Wallabies.

“We’re absolutely delighted for Jamie’s selection,” said England head coach Steve Borthwick. “This is also a fantastic opportunity for Theo and Curtis, who have both worked incredibly hard and really impressed in training.

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“They fully deserve this chance, we’re right behind them, and we’re all excited to see them go out there and make an impact.”

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cnw 28 minutes ago
Jeff Wilson on why Ardie Savea must fill All Blacks bench role

I like the thought process. Thats a powerful bench. Would like to see the starting bench to see how the spread of mass works. Curious too about how he would use this bench. I dont know that it is the last 20 thats key. If the Bok game in Wellington, the Autumn series and the 6N is anything to go by - the key period for momentum is between minute 30 and minute 65. It seems teams are playing a super high intensity first 25-30 minutes and the team that can keep accelerator down from minute 30 through to 65 will take control of the game. While orthodoxy suggests a 50 / 30 split - reversing that and going 30 / 50 so the ABs get say Sititi or Lakai going mad for the first 30 and Ardie comes on minute 30 could do exactly that while having him on the field in the finish too.

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Jono 2 hours ago
Petaia et Perpignan : pourquoi ça ne prend pas

Une analyse sévère qui passe complètement à côté de l'essentiel. Petaia a débarqué dans un club en plein chaos et a été tranquillement l'un des joueurs les plus fiables de l'effectif dans les domaines qui comptent vraiment — son travail défensif a été le meilleur de l'équipe, son jeu au pied levé est de classe mondiale, et juger un arrière uniquement sur le nombre d'essais dans une équipe qui peine à produire du jeu vers l'avant est une analyse paresseuse.

Zéro essai ne veut pas dire zéro contribution. Regardez ce qu'il fait dans les phases de construction, les passes décisives, le travail qui met ses coéquipiers à l'essai. Rien de tout cela n'apparaît dans les statistiques.



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JW 3 hours ago
The five performers of the week from Super Rugby Pacific round six

I think you need to give Brumbies their due, they’ll push the top four this year and continue to be a threat at home.

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JW 3 hours ago
The five performers of the week from Super Rugby Pacific round six

He’s a lot smaller than Parker, two different styled 6/8’s, so depends what you’re after.

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Spew_81 3 hours ago
Jamie Joseph’s simple take on where the Highlanders are struggling

I thought that Kidwell would prepare a better defense.

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JW 3 hours ago
Jamie Joseph’s simple take on where the Highlanders are struggling

Thats the Canes third 50 the thing to stand out of this game was their defense, or at least the lack of points conceded.

That scoreline partly to blame with what Joseph about not staying calm when getting behind. I think they did make it worse for themselves and this is represented in what you highlighted with the amount of errors/handling. If they hold onto the ball and score then you are also not seeing one or two, maybe even three, of those Canes tries, so upto four try swing in that one area alone.



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JW 3 hours ago
Damian McKenzie weighs in on NZR's approach to eligibility after departures

Thats what he’s describing happens now.

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JW 3 hours ago
Damian McKenzie weighs in on NZR's approach to eligibility after departures



How about if you don’t think they will fit back in then don’t pick them.

But now you’re having to pick someone who wasn’t as good as DMac when he needed to play in SR.



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Ed the Duck 4 hours ago
'There's always a lot of chat with them. They're quite mouthy'

“There’s always a lot of chat with them. They’re quite mouthy.”

Arrogant team. Arrogant players. Arrogant fans.



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John Breslin 4 hours ago
What The Rugby Championship needs to do to rival the Six Nations

Yep. Japan in 2015 - still the only team to win 3 pool games and not progress. Shafted by the scheduling

Tonga beat France in 2011 but still got trapped in the pool, scheduling didn't exactly help them



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NH 4 hours ago
Aussie Super Rugby takes: Don't doubt the Brumbies, Hurricanes the joker in the pack

Nice one john, i made a similar point elsewhere about the table and the run the brumbies vs the canes have had. Brumbies will need to make sure they don’t get complacent and bank their next few games which are against bottom 6 teams. Impressed with reds D and composure in fiji where they usually come unstuck. I thought the forwards in particular looked fit and hungry in D, plugging any gaps the drua tried to find. Hunter and Henry firming as a very solid partnership, hunter had a number of key involvements in that 2nd half. Only real blip was their exit kicking, drua had a bunch of attacking lineouts 25-30m out, it was just lucky for the reds they were able to disrupt their lineout. Almost all kickers seemed to shank the ball i assume because it was so wet, with it coming off the side of their boot. Drua much better at knowing to just hoof it as far as you can down the other end. HMP realised this in the second half.

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John Breslin 4 hours ago
Ben Kay: 'I’d put my money on Ollie Chessum being the next England captain.'

He's a humble big lad and Leinster, the humble heroes, got humbled on the day

It's fine. It happens in sport. Still only March. Fear not, Ed - he'll be there when they're giving out the prizes 👌



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DC 4 hours ago
Jamie Joseph’s simple take on where the Highlanders are struggling

injuries and player selection thats where a player pool would be helpful jamie is a good coach and the highlanders have played quite well in some games but almost lack the finishing tough

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GS 4 hours ago
Damian McKenzie weighs in on NZR's approach to eligibility after departures

Just looking at how some of the players who are leaving, you would think:

AJ Lam



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Bazzallina 5 hours ago
Damian McKenzie weighs in on NZR's approach to eligibility after departures

75 tests and or 150 combined Super and or NPC games

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Ed the Duck 5 hours ago
Ben Kay: 'I’d put my money on Ollie Chessum being the next England captain.'

He must be pretty damned educated by now on that measure of his game…😂

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Loosehead 5 hours ago
The five performers of the week from Super Rugby Pacific round six

That yung Barnes for blues has way more aggression and go forth than Simon Parker.u can see he will get higher honors some time.

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John Breslin 5 hours ago
What The Rugby Championship needs to do to rival the Six Nations

It does seem some did play club level in the bye. Yeah, it's their business but I think that’s risky

Agree on the predicted flow on the NC. I think plenty of games will be tight but then decided in the last 20



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John Breslin 5 hours ago
Ben Kay: 'I’d put my money on Ollie Chessum being the next England captain.'

Goggle would be very reputable (don't be evil), give it a go

POM was voted the dirtiest player in the world? Was he ever banned for a length of time? Did he eye gouge? Sack grab?



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John Breslin 5 hours ago
Should England stick or twist with Borthwick? RWC27 clock cannot be used as an excuse

Looks that way for sure

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