Lions overcome Taranaki

Taranaki has never beaten the British & Irish Lions in seven encounters since 1930, and they will have to wait a little longer after being subdued 36-14 in New Plymouth tonight.
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British & Irish workout wins hearts

Ordinarily, players head to physio after a match. Yet shortly before their team-mates took on Taranaki last night, non-playing members of the British & Irish Lions squad made New Plymouth’s Barrett street Hospital an exception to that rule.
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Taranaki called to step-up

Talking to Taranaki rugby legend Peter Burke is like travelling back in time. Like prop Gordon Slater, Burke survived in the game for over a decade to face the British & Irish Lions twice - in 1959 and 1950.
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'T-Day' for Crowley

The sixth of June and Taranaki coach Kieran Crowley has a British & Irish rugby invasion on his mind.
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Slater hopes for second time lucky

The only surviving member of the 1993 Taranaki team that faced the Lions has plenty of history on his side - though he hopes things we’ll be a little different this time around.
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Four meets 24

Much has been heard from the British & Irish Lions about the ‘power of four’ home unions. So how about the power of ‘24? Two Taranaki first-fives rediscovered it today... just when they may need it most.
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The Empire Trikes Back

Taranaki Rugby CEO Paul Easton is on a three-wheeled mission - to return one of the more unusual pieces of British & Irish Lions memorabilia back to its rightful owner.
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