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Will the 2021 tour be the toughest in Lions history?

DANIEL SCHOFIELD

WHILE THIS tour to South Africa won’t involve a 46-day boat trip complete with 300 stoats and weasels for company, as the first 1888 Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand did, it’s an even bigger logistical and coaching nightmare.

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