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The British Lions before playing the 4th. match v. Argentina during their second tour to the country in 1927 In 1927 a short, nine-game series took place in Argentina , with the British isles winning all nine encounters, and the tour was a financial success for Argentine rugby .
The first match of a British Lions team played not while on tour took place on 22 September 1951 at Cardiff Arms Park against the Cardiff club side. The match is sometimes listed as the last game of the Lions 1950 tour , though this was technically not a true Lions team.
This is a list of individual test match and international match results of the British and Irish Lions. South Africa 1891. Date Location Result 30 July 1891:
Australia (the Wallabies) first played against the British & Irish Lions in 1899, winning 13–3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney.There have been 23 Test matches between the two teams, with the Wallabies winning 6 of them and the British & Irish Lions 17.
The 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was a tour by a British rugby union team, known at the time as the "English Footballers", [1] throughout New Zealand and Australia. Although a private venture not organised by any official body, this was the first major tour of the Southern Hemisphere undertaken by a European rugby team.
The 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand was the first international tour of the Great Britain national rugby league team, [2] "The Lions". They played the second ever Ashes series against Australia , and their first as the visiting team, before travelling to Auckland to take on New Zealand .
1896 British Isles tour to South Africa was a rugby union tour undertaken by the British Isles, one of the first British and Irish Lions tours. The team toured South Africa for the second time in 1896. Between 11 July and 5 September, they played 21 games, including four tests against South Africa. The British Isles XV won the Test series 3–1 ...
The 1891 British Isles tour to South Africa was the first British Isles rugby union tour of South Africa and only the second overseas tour conducted by a joint British team. Between 9 July and 7 September, the team played 20 games, including three Tests against the South Africa national rugby union team .