The Offside Line covers the British Lions from a Scottish perspective. Match reports, features, previews, news and gossip.
Four year deal with Super Rugby franchise includes a 12-month break from August 2020 to focus on 2021 Lions tour to South Africa …
Winger has been encouraged to believe that he can make the 2021 Lions tour, but World Cup remains his priority …
New Zealander will match Sir Ian McGeechan’s record by taking charge of his third tour …
New Zealander will take charge of the squad for the third consecutive time to complete a clean sweep of southern hemisphere destinations …
Jeff Connor reviews two television documentaries which promise to get under the skin of two great rugby institutions, but fail to deliver …
FORMER Scotland captain Rob Wainwright has issued a call to arms to all rugby supporters – Scottish, Italian or from anywhere else in the world – to join him in marching this weekend in support …
Ben Cairns assesses the Lions chances of snatching a series victory against the All Blacks on Saturday. …
by BEN CAIRNS THERE are three areas which I imagine the Lions coaches really had to think long and hard about during the selection process before naming the team to take on New Zealand in …
He earned the respect of his touring mates for the way he conducted himself when consigned to dirt-tracker duties 46 years ago, and now he has a key role to play in setting the tone as The Lions take on rugby’s ultimate challenge. …
ON 7th MAY 1971, the British and Irish Lions touring squad flew out of Heathrow Airport on a three-month odyssey to the other side of the world. They had a four-hour delay at Frankfurt and three …
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