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British and Irish Lions center Jamie Roberts is likely to miss this week’s opening rugby Test against Australia, the combined team’s head doctor said.
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Leigh Halfpenny scored 30 points as the British and Irish Lions beat the New South Wales Waratahs 47-17 in their next-to-last game before taking on Australia in a three-match rugby series. The touring team today drafted former Wales winger Shane Williams for its final tuneup.
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The British and Irish Lions picked Simon Zebo to make his debut and named his Ireland teammate Jonathan Sexton at fly-half for the combined rugby team’s fifth tour game against the New South Wales Waratahs in two days.
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The British and Irish Lions shut out Combined Country 64-0 to maintain their 100 percent record on tour before facing Australia in a three-Test rugby series.
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The British and Irish Lions beat the Queensland Reds 22-12 to maintain a 100 percent record on their rugby tour to Australia as the team builds toward a Test series against the Wallabies.
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The British and Irish Lions routed an understrength Western Force 69-17 in the first of five games in Australia before facing the Wallabies in a Test series. Prop Cian Healy may leave the tour after he was cited for allegedly biting an opponent and also got injured.
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Brian O’Driscoll will lead the British and Irish Lions against the Western Force in two days, the first of five games in Australia before the touring team takes on the Wallabies in a Test series.
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Paul O’Connell will lead the British and Irish Lions in their rugby tour opener against the Barbarians in Hong Kong after squad skipper Sam Warburton was left out to recover from a knee injury.
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Wales rugby wing George North will join Northampton Saints on a three-year deal in the offseason.
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England held off Wales 23-19 in an international rugby Test match as Jonny Wilkinson kicked 13 points and Manu Tuilagi touched down in his national team debut.