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Can the British & Irish Lions realistically beat South Africa in 2021?

By RugbyPass
England’s Owen Farrell.

In 2021 the British & Irish Lions will make the journey southwards to South Africa, the home of the World Champion Springboks.

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The Tour is the sternest task in rugby and there is maybe no greater spectacle in our game. Fans have the chance to witness the best show in rugby as the sport’s greatest touring side do battle with the Boks in their own back yard.

For this historic Tour, the British & Irish Lions is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity for fans to travel to South Africa with an unbeatable Tour package that covers your every need.

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South Africa 2021 – Tour Guarantees – Tour With Us. The Lions.

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South Africa 2021 – Tour Guarantees – Tour With Us. The Lions.

Ticket-inclusive travel packages from the British & Irish Lions can include flights, hotels or both as well as the all-important 100% official Test match ticket. Because you’re buying from the Lions, they are able to offer an incredible range of special events, merchandise and unique fan experiences.

Following the confirmation that the Lions tour will take place in July and August of 2021, The British and Irish Lions are delighted to announce that you will be able to book your ticket-inclusive packages from Wednesday 2nd September.

When buying your ticket-inclusive packages with Lions you can rest assured that you are purchasing from a 100% legitimate site from an official, trusted seller – that will guarantee you peace of mind.

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Fans enjoying the Lion’s Den
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You will share your matchday experience with like-minded rugby fans as the world-famous Lions’ travelling support form a sea of red in some of South Africa’s most iconic sporting venues.

When booking with Lions Rugby Travel, they’ll do all of the planning and hard work for you. They offer a wide range of hotels for you to base yourself in as you travel your way around the rainbow nation.

They also have your flights covered, as they offer a wide range of travel options that include upgrades and breaks in Victoria Falls or Mauritius.

On matchday, you will be sat with Lions supporters as the team battle it out in some of the best rugby venues on the planet – soaking up the once in a lifetime experience of watching the Lions.

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The Lions Tour Travel packages also boasts access to the incredible ‘Lions Den’ which features a party atmosphere with Lions legends and a host of amazing special guests. On the eve of the Test match, you will be invited to attend their Lions Theatre which was incredibly popular in the 2017 Tour of New Zealand.

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The Lion’s Den

When you book, you’ll also be getting your hands on some phenomenal Lions merchandise as part of your package.

The ‘Sea of Red’ is one of the most iconic images in sport and with your official Lions replica jersey you will become part of it – whether it’s at one of their events or cheering the Lions on from the stands. And that’s not all, with a back-pack, cap and other items of kit all included, the only thing missing will be your boots – but you will have to pack those yourself.

What really sets these packages apart from the rest is the people operating it.

Whether Lions Tour staff are helping at a hotel desk, finding the right information for an airport departure or a quick query at a special event, their expert team will be on hand to help and support anytime, anywhere.

You can book the package in confidence. Their Covid-19 guarantee means that if the is Tour is cancelled or postponed you can choose to have a full refund or to move your Tour to the new dates free of charge. More information on the Tour guarantees can be found here.

The Lions know it’s not easy right now so their new, low 5% deposit is a great way to guarantee your place on the Tour you want. They want to do everything possible to help make your Lions dream a reality.

That coupled with new flexible payment terms means that once you’ve paid your deposit, you can choose to pay nothing more until January 2021. Easy, hassle-free and your Tour is booked.

To book your tour package with Lions Rugby Travel, visit their website here to get your chance to experience this once in a lifetime event.

In association with Lions Rugby Travel.

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Jon 4 hours ago
Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?

This is the problem with conservative mindsets and phycology, and homogenous sports, everybody wants to be the same, use the i-win template. Athlete wise everyone has to have muscles and work at the gym to make themselves more likely to hold on that one tackle. Do those players even wonder if they are now more likely to be tackled by that player as a result of there “work”? Really though, too many questions, Jake. Is it better Jake? Yes, because you still have that rugby of ole that you talk about. Is it at the highest International level anymore? No, but you go to your club or checkout your representative side and still engage with that ‘beautiful game’. Could you also have a bit of that at the top if coaches encouraged there team to play and incentivized players like Damian McKenzie and Ange Capuozzo? Of course we could. Sadly Rugby doesn’t, or didn’t, really know what direction to go when professionalism came. Things like the state of northern pitches didn’t help. Over the last two or three decades I feel like I’ve been fortunate to have all that Jake wants. There was International quality Super Rugby to adore, then the next level below I could watch club mates, pulling 9 to 5s, take on the countries best in representative rugby. Rugby played with flair and not too much riding on the consequences. It was beautiful. That largely still exists today, but with the world of rugby not quite getting things right, the picture is now being painted in NZ that that level of rugby is not required in the “pathway” to Super Rugby or All Black rugby. You might wonder if NZR is right and the pathway shouldn’t include the ‘amateur’, but let me tell you, even though the NPC might be made up of people still having to pull 9-5s, we know these people still have dreams to get out of that, and aren’t likely to give them. They will be lost. That will put a real strain on the concept of whether “visceral thrill, derring-do and joyful abandon” type rugby will remain under the professional level here in NZ. I think at some point that can be eroded as well. If only wanting the best athlete’s at the top level wasn’t enough to lose that, shutting off the next group, or level, or rugby players from easy access to express and showcase themselves certainly will. That all comes back around to the same question of professionalism in rugby and whether it got things right, and rugby is better now. Maybe the answer is turning into a “no”?

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john 7 hours ago
Will the Crusaders' decline spark a slow death for New Zealand rugby?

But here in Australia we were told Penney was another gun kiwi coach, for the Tahs…….and yet again it turned out the kiwi coach was completely useless. Another con job on Australian rugby. As was Robbie Deans, as was Dave Rennie. Both coaches dumped from NZ and promoted to Australia as our saviour. And the Tahs lap them up knowing they are second rate and knowing that under pressure when their short comings are exposed in Australia as well, that they will fall in below the largest most powerful province and choose second rate Tah players to save their jobs. As they do and exactly as Joe Schmidt will do. Gauranteed. Schmidt was dumped by NZ too. That’s why he went overseas. That why kiwi coaches take jobs in Australia, to try and prove they are not as bad as NZ thought they were. Then when they get found out they try and ingratiate themselves to NZ again by dragging Australian teams down with ridiculous selections and game plans. NZ rugby’s biggest problem is that it can’t yet transition from MCaw Cheatism. They just don’t know how to try and win on your merits. It is still always a contest to see how much cheating you can get away with. Without a cheating genius like McCaw, they are struggling. This I think is why my wise old mate in NZ thinks Robertson will struggle. The Crusaders are the nursery of McCaw Cheatism. Sean Fitzpatrick was probably the father of it. Robertson doesn’t know anything else but other countries have worked it out.

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Adrian 9 hours ago
Will the Crusaders' decline spark a slow death for New Zealand rugby?

Thanks Nick The loss of players to OS, injury and retirement is certainly not helping the Crusaders. Ditto the coach. IMO Penny is there to hold the fort and cop the flak until new players and a new coach come through,…and that's understood and accepted by Penny and the Crusaders hierarchy. I think though that what is happening with the Crusaders is an indicator of what is happening with the other NZ SRP teams…..and the other SRP teams for that matter. Not enough money. The money has come via the SR competition and it’s not there anymore. It's in France, Japan and England. Unless or until something is done to make SR more SELLABLE to the NZ/Australia Rugby market AND the world rugby market the $s to keep both the very best players and the next rung down won't be there. They will play away from NZ more and more. I think though that NZ will continue to produce the players and the coaches of sufficient strength for NZ to have the capacity to stay at the top. Whether they do stay at the top as an international team will depend upon whether the money flowing to SRP is somehow restored, or NZ teams play in the Japan comp, or NZ opts to pick from anywhere. As a follower of many sports I’d have to say that the organisation and promotion of Super Rugby has been for the last 20 years closest to the worst I’ve ever seen. This hasn't necessarily been caused by NZ, but it’s happened. Perhaps it can be fixed, perhaps not. The Crusaders are I think a symptom of this, not the cause

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Trevor 12 hours ago
Will forgotten Wallabies fit the Joe Schmidt model?

Thanks Brett.. At last a positive article on the potential of Wallaby candidates, great to read. Schmidt’s record as an international rugby coach speaks for itself, I’m somewhat confident he will turn the Wallaby’s fortunes around …. on the field. It will be up to others to steady the ship off the paddock. But is there a flaw in my optimism? We have known all along that Australia has the players to be very competitive with their international rivals. We know that because everyone keeps telling us. So why the poor results? A question that requires a definitive answer before the turn around can occur. Joe Schmidt signed on for 2 years, time to encompass the Lions tour of 2025. By all accounts he puts family first and that’s fair enough, but I would wager that his 2 year contract will be extended if the next 18 months or so shows the statement “Australia has the players” proves to be correct. The new coach does not have a lot of time to meld together an outfit that will be competitive in the Rugby Championship - it will be interesting to see what happens. It will be interesting to see what happens with Giteau law, the new Wallaby coach has already verbalised that he would to prefer to select from those who play their rugby in Australia. His first test in charge is in July just over 3 months away .. not a long time. I for one wish him well .. heaven knows Australia needs some positive vibes.

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