
World Rugby Museum
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Home to the world's most extensive collection of rugby football memorabilia 🏉
Providing tours of the Home of England Rugby, Allianz Stadium 🏟️
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🔙 1974 🗓️ Willie John McBride returned for his record-breaking fifth successive @lionsoffical tour, this time as captain 🙌 The side were one of the greatest to take the field, winning all provincial matches and the first 3 Tests 🦁 The Springboks scored their only try of


🔙 1977 🗓️ Captained by Phil Bennett, British & Irish Lions were unbeaten against New Zealand's provincial sides. Despite this, they lost the series 3-1 🏉 On the way home, the tourists stopped off to play Fiji Rugby Union for the first time 🇫🇯 3 weeks later they reconvened at



🔙 1980 🗓️ Amidst South Africa's apartheid regime, the Four Home Unions Committee decided the British & Irish Lions tour would go ahead. Captained by Sir Bill Beaumont, the tourists played 18 matches in ten weeks. The intense schedule meant they were plagued by injury, with 8



🔙 1983 🗓️ British & Irish Lions returned to New Zealand for a challenging tour in brutally cold conditions 🥶 Under the captaincy of Ciaran Fitzgerald, 18 matches were played, including 4 Tests against the All Blacks 🦁🇳🇿 They won 12 of the matches but for only the second time in



🔙 OTD in 2000 🗓️ England Rugby beat the Springboks 27-22 in Bloemfontein on the second Test of their summer tour 🏉 Jonny Wilkinson scored all of England's points 🤯



🔙 1989 🗓️ For the first time since 1899, British & Irish Lions toured Australia exclusively 🇦🇺 Captained by Finlay Calder, the tourists played 12 fixtures, including three Tests 🦁 The final match of the tour was against an ANZAC XV. It was the first and so far only time that



🔙 1993 🗓️ British & Irish Lions toured as an amateur side for the final time 🦁 Captained by Gavin Hastings OBE, he ended the tour as the Lions' all-time record Test points scorer 🏉 Going into the final Test with a win each, the All Blacks overcame a ten-point deficit to win 30-13


🚨 WIN 2 tickets to tour HQ with Jonny May 🏟️ Here's your chance to win 2 tickets to tour the Home of England Rugby alongside an Allianz Stadium legend, with plenty of career insights and photo opportunities along the way 🗣️📸 Enter now by visiting our Instagram page ➡️


Lions tour call up with Jason Leonard 🦁 Hear from the legendary England Rugby and British & Irish Lions prop about how he first found out he'd been called up to represent the famous touring side 🏉 #Lions2025 #BritishandIrishLions #LionsTour
