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Lions and tour
On their 1950 tour of New Zealand and Australia they also adopted the nickname British Lions, first used by British and South African journalists on the 1924 South African tour, after the lion emblem on their ties, the emblem on their jerseys having been dropped in favour of the four-quartered badge with the symbols of the four represented unions.
To avoid the ambiguity of the term British, and to more emphatically associate the team's identity with both the United Kingdom and Ireland, from the 2001 tour of Australia the name British and Irish Lions has been used.
For the 2005 tour to New Zealand the Lions management commissioned a song, " The Power of Four ", although it met with little support amongst Lions fans at the matches and was not used on the 2009 Tour.
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.
This tour may have marked the occasion when the team first became known as " the Lions ".
In 1927 a short nine-game series took place in Argentina, with the Lions winning all nine encounters ; the tour did however become a financial success for Argentine rugby.
In 1936 the Lions visited Argentina for the second time, winning all ten of their matches and only conceding nine points in the whole tour.
The Lions performed well in the remaining All Black tests though they lost all three, the team did not lose another non-test in the New Zealand leg of the tour.
The 1959 tour to Australia and New Zealand marked once again a very successful tour for the Lions, who only lost six of their 35 fixtures.
The 1962 tour to South Africa saw the Lions still win 16 of their 25 games, but did not fare well against the Springboks, losing three of the four tests.
For the 1966 tour to Australia and New Zealand John Robins became the first Lions Coach, and the trip started off very well for the Lions, who stormed through Australia, winning five non-tests and drawing one ; and most notably defeating Australia in two tests as well.
The Lions however experienced mixed results during the New Zealand leg of the tour, as well as losing all of the tests against the All Blacks.
The 1968 tour of South Africa saw the Lions win 15 of their 16 provincial matches, but the team actually lost three tests against the Springboks and drew one.
The Lions would only lose a single match on the rest of the tour, and won the test series against New Zealand, winning and drawing the last two games, to take the series two wins to one.
The 1977 tour to New Zealand saw the Lions drop only one non-test out of 21 games, a loss to a Universities side.
In August 1977 the British Lions made a stopover in Fiji on the way home from their tour of New Zealand.
A tour to South Africa by the Lions was anticipated in 1986.
However, the invitation for the Lions to tour South Africa was never accepted because of controversy surrounding Apartheid.
The tour was very successful for the Lions, who won all eight non-tests and won the test series against Australia, two to one.

Lions and Australia
The Lions won all their games in Australia except for their final fixture against a New South Wales XV in Newcastle.
The Lions easily won both tests against Australia and lost the first three tests against the All Blacks, but did find victory ( 9 – 6 ) in the final test.
During June 2013 the British and Irish Lions will tour Australia.
In June 2009 the British media reported that Argentina were lobbying for the 2013 British and Irish Lions Tour to Australia to incorporate a series of games in Argentina.
The Lions tour three southern-hemisphere nations ; Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
There are more than 125 Campus Lions clubs in the world including nearly 2, 500 members on college and university campuses in Australia, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Venezuela, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Ghana-Lions KNUST.
* Lions Eye Institute The Lions Eye Institute in Perth, Western Australia
* Ear Science Institute Australia The Ear Science Institute Australia ( formerly the Lions Ear and Hearing Institute ) in Perth, Western Australia
Five years later two important overseas tours took place ; a British Isles team visited Australia and New Zealand — although a private venture, it laid the foundations for future British and Irish Lions tours ; and the 1888 New Zealand Native team brought the first overseas team to British spectators.
Many of these service clubs were started early in the 20th century, such as Apex Clubs of Australia, Altrusa International, JCI, Sertoma, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Exchange, Optimists, Soroptimists, KIN Canada, Zonta.
The Lions Eye Institute, in Western Australia, houses the Lions Eye Bank.

Lions and 1989
* John Ford ( wide receiver ) ( born 1966 ), American football player in NFL who attended University of Virginia and was with Detroit Lions during 1989 season
* Most opponents ' fumbles recovered for touchdowns, season: 4 ; Detroit Lions, 1937 ; Chicago Bears, 1942 ; Boston ( AAFC ), 1948 ; Los Angeles Rams, 1952 ; San Francisco 49ers, 1965 ; Denver Broncos, 1984 ; St. Louis Cardinals, 1987 ; Minnesota Vikings, 1989 ; Atlanta Falcons, 1991 and 1998 ; Philadelphia Eagles, 1995 ; New Orleans Saints, 1998 ; Kansas City Chiefs, 1999.
He played 6 non-international games for the British and Irish Lions on their 1989 tour of Australia.
* Damon Allen – player ( QB ), 2012 ( Edmonton Eskimos 1985 – 88, 1993 – 94 ; Ottawa Rough Riders 1989 – 91 ; Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1992 ; Memphis Mad Dogs 1995 ; BC Lions 1996 – 2002 ; Toronto Argonauts 2003 – 2007 ).
* Less Browne – player ( DB ), 2002 ( Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1984 – 88 ; Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1989 – 91 ; Ottawa Rough Riders 1992 ; BC Lions 1993 – 94 ).
* Alondra Johnson – player ( LB ), 2009 ( BC Lions 1989 – 90 ; Calgary Stampeders 1991 – 2003 ; Saskatchewan Roughriders 2004 ).
* Tyrone Jones – player ( LB ), 2012 ( Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 – 87, 1989 – 1991 ; Saskatchewan Roughriders 1992 ; BC Lions 1993 ).
* Rocco Romano – player ( OG ), 2007 ( Calgary Stampeders 1987, 1992 – 2000 ; Toronto Argonauts 1988 ; Ottawa Rough Riders 1989 ; BC Lions 1990 – 91 ).
In 1989, members of Lions, Apex and Jerilderie Shire Council repaired and refurbished the windmill with two people, Clive Langfield and George Cornish ( now dec .) spending some 600 hours to bring it to its present working condition, pumping per revolution from the Billabong Creek to the Jerilderie Lake using a draw plunger with a stroke.
He is the owner of the Stubovi kulture publishing house and has written two books: Morali su doći nasmejani lavovi ( Smiling Lions Had to Come ) in 1983 and Otmenost duše ( Prestige of the Soul ) in 1989.
On 28 May 1989, a strong Japan coached by Hiroaki Shukuzawa defeated an uncapped Scotland, missing nine British Lions on tour in Australia, for the first time at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, 28 – 24.
Marking his England debut with a hat-trick of tries in the 58 – 3 win over Romania in Bucharest in May 1989, Guscott received a call-up for the in progress British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, making a series-winning contribution in the second and third Tests.
He went on the 1989 British Lions tour to Australia, where he played in all three tests.
Dooley went on the 1989 British Lions tour to Australia, playing in the final two test matches.
Other films and TV shows featuring greasers include: Crime in the Streets ( 1956 ), The Delinquents ( 1957 ), 77 Sunset Strip ( 1958 ), The Young Savages ( 1961 ), Two-Lane Blacktop ( 1971 ), American Graffiti ( 1973 ), Badlands ( 1973 ), Happy Days ( 1974 – 1984 ), The Lords of Flatbush ( 1974 ), Grease ( 1978 ), The Wanderers ( 1979 ), Grease 2 ( 1982 ), The Loveless ( 1982 ), The Outsiders ( 1983 ) Eddie and the Cruisers ( 1983 ), Rumble Fish ( 1983 ), Streets of Fire ( 1984 ), Tuff Turf ( 1985 ), Stand By Me ( 1986 ), La Bamba ( 1987 ), Full House ( 1987 – 1995 ), Last Exit to Brooklyn ( 1989 ), Cry-Baby ( 1990 ), This Boy's Life ( 1993 ), Roadracers ( 1994 ), Deuces Wild ( 2002 ), Secondhand Lions ( 2003 ), the children's cartoon Johnny Bravo, the video game Bully ( 2006 ), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ), Fallout 3 ( 2008 ), Mafia II ( 2010 ) and Fallout: New Vegas ( 2010 ), The Violent Kind ( 2010 ),
The most notable team was Lõvid ( Lions ) in 1980 – 1989, who were coached by Ubakivi and Olev Reim.
Nonetheless, he coached the Lions to another premiership in 1988, and although they did decline to only six wins in 1989 and 1990, Subiaco maintained a respectable position in the weakened WAFL over the next decade, before in the most powerful club therein during the 2000s under the coaching of Peter German and Scott Watters with premierships in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008-in the last of which they were amazingly unlucky not to be only the second undefeated team in WAFL history suffering only a one point loss to Swan Districts.
He played fullback, and captained the Lions on the tour to New Zealand in 1993 ( after playing in all three tests in the 1989 tour to Australia ).
George Adamson ( 3 February 1906 – 20 August 1989 ), also known as the Baba ya Simba (“ Father of Lionsin Swahili ), was a British wildlife conservationist and author.
In 1989 he had the honour of captaining the British and Irish Lions against France in a rare " home " match for the Lions.
In Australia in 1989, the Lions won the series 2-1, and Moore was famously caught celebrating the morning after on Sydney Harbour Bridge, doing aeroplane impressions.
Other bands in which he played include Mystery Band ( 1980 – 82 ), Fandango ( 1981 ), Honeymoon and Young Lions ( 1984 ) Black Cat Moan ( 1989 – 90 ), the Puppy Bashers ( 1991 ) and the Temple Gods ( 1992 – 93 ).
Although Armstrong failed to shine on the victorious 1989 Lions tour of Australia, his gritty nature stood him in good stead when the chips were down in 1990, that famous year for Scotland ... he perhaps more than any other player was the on-field catalyst for Scotland's 13-7 win in the Grand Slam decider against the Auld Enemy England at Murrayfield.

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