Topic: Phil Vickery
An all-Welsh front-row has been mobilised for the British and Irish Lions to counter the scrummaging strength of Springbok loosehead prop Tendai Mtawarira in the second Test here on Saturday.Adam Jones and Scarlets hooker Matthew Rees have been drafted in for the ...
Adam Jones, the wild-haired Harley Davidson-riding prop, will be charged with saving the Lions tour today, when the selectors hand him the vital No3 jersey for the Second Test.. Jones proved his value last week, when he shored up the scrum and ...
South Africa produced a crushing forward display to cement a 26-21 victory over the British and Irish Lions in the first of the three-match Test series at the Absa Stadium here on Saturday.Showing no signs of being undercooked after not appearing against ...
South Africa produced a crushing forward display to secure a 26-21 victory over the British and Irish Lions in the first of the three-match Test series at the Absa Stadium here on Saturday.Showing no signs of being undercooked after not appearing against ...
Phil Vickery will captain the British and Irish Lions in Saturday's clash against Western Province at Newlands.. And Vickery will look to press his claims for the first Test match clash with world champions South Africa in Durban next weekend. "I reminded ...
Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll has been named to skipper the British and Irish Lions in their second match of their South African tour when they face the Golden Lions at Ellis Park on Wednesday.The starting team contains five players who'll be wearing ...
Phil Vickery believes the British and Irish Lions have been handed a reality check by an unheralded Royal XV.. The Lions' laboured 37-25 victory over a team drawn from South African rugby's second tier will hardly set alarm bells ringing in the ...
Having recovered from three back operations and surgery on his neck, the 2003 World Cup winner is being cast in the unwanted role of understudy to Euan Murray, the Scotland tight-head prop. Vickery was the Lions Test No3 when they lost 2-1 ...
England manager Martin Johnson has warned his misbehaving side he is ready to drop players in a bid to cure the team of its disciplinary problems ahead of next week's Six Nations clash with France.Leading referee Wayne Barnes has been called in ...
England manager Martin Johnson has warned his misbehaving side he is ready to drop players in a bid to cure the team of its disciplinary problems ahead of next week's Six Nations clash with France.Leading referee Wayne Barnes has been called in ...