The Lions in New Zealand : History of the British Lions Tours to New Zealand

The unique team that is the British Isles rugby side - or the Lions as they are more commonly referred to - will tour New Zealand in June and July 2005 for the first time in 12 years. The tour will be the biggest sporting event of the year and is eagerly awaited by all New Zealand rugby fans. In All Blacks v Lions Ron Palenski looks back on past tours and recalls the great moments from the first full-scale tour in 1930 to the last by the Lions in 1993. Some of the greatest moments in New Zealand rugby have come during Lions tours of this country. Palenski promises to bring alive those moments.