Lions

Two Irish players feature in Will Greenwood's 2017 Lions test XV

Sky Sports pundit Will Greenwood has selected just two Irish players in his Lions test XV for the 2017 tour to New Zealand, but besides a few 50/50 calls you can't really argue with the World Cup winner's...

Super Rugby Highlights: Lions v Cheetahs

Lions injury report

Elton Jantjies will undergo surgery today to repair a fractured left wrist that he sustained in the Super Rugby match between the Lions and the Cheetahs at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday 19 March.

Jantjies undergoes surgery

NEWS: Lions flyhalf Elton Jantjies will undergo surgery on Tuesday to repair a fractured left wrist that he sustained in his team's Super Rugby match against the Cheetahs at Ellis Park last weekend.

Cheetahs want to emulate Lions

Toyota Cheetahs coach Franco Smith has made it clear he wants to follow the Emirates Lions example when it comes to playing style.

Anthony Foley refusing to get involved in Paul O'Connell director of rugby talk

Anthony Foley said that the possibility of Paul O'Connell becoming Munster's new director of rugby is something entirely for the former Lions and Ireland captain to consider and not an issue he is going...

Johnson backs Itoje and Kruis for Lions

Johnson backs Itoje and Kruis for Lions

Eight Irish make Independent.ie's ridiculously early 2017 Lions touring squad

The 2016 Six Nations has come to an end, which means we are about a year away from the Lions head coach announcing his squad for the gruelling tour of New Zealand.

Young local coaches making a statement

The Emirates Lions’ Johan Ackermann has confirmed his standing as the rising star among local coaches during the early weeks of Vodacom Super Rugby.

Looking at the British and Irish Lions team for 2017

Picking a British and Irish lions XV in no doubt a pointless activity with fifteen months to go but that doesn’t stop me and fellow rugby aficionados procrastinating over potential Lions combinations...