Page "British and Irish Lions" Paragraph 9

The Scots were once again involved in Dr Tom Smyth's 1910 team to South Africa.

Thus, dark blue jerseys, were introduced with white shorts and the red socks of 1908.

The jerseys also had a single lion-rampant crest.

The 1924 tour returned to South Africa, retaining the blue jerseys but now with shorts to match.

It is the 1924 tour that is credited as being the first in which the team were referred to as " the Lions ", the irony being that it was on this tour that the single lion-rampant crest was replaced with the forerunner of the four-quartered badge with the symbols of the four represented unions, that is still worn today.

Although the lion had been dropped from the jersey, the players had worn the lion motif on their ties as they arrived in South Africa, which led the press and public referring to them as " the Lions ".