In 1980 the British Lions toured South Africa. The tour was not a great success, the Lions losing the first three tests before salvaging some pride with a win in the fourth. The side was captained by Bill Beaumont. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... First match Otago 3 - 8 Lions (as Great Britain) (28 April 1888) Largest win Argentina 0 - 46 Lions (7 August 1927) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) The British and Irish Lions rugby union side comprises a pick of the best players from England, Ireland, Scotland... Bill Beaumont, born 9 March 1952, was captain of the England rugby union team at a time when they struggled to win games. ...

Squad

Backs

• Rodney O'Donnell (St Mary's College, Dublin and Ireland))

• Bruce Hay (Boroughmuir and Scotland)

• Andy Irvine (Heriots FP and Scotland)

• Mike Slemen (Liverpool and England)

• John Carelton (Orrell and England)

• Elgan Rees (Neath and Wales)

• Paul Dodge (Leicester and England)

• Jim Renwick (Hawick and Scotland)

• Ray Gravell (Llanelli and Wales)

• David Richards (Swansea and Wales)

• Clive Woodward (Leicester and England)

• Peter Morgan (Llanelli and Wales)

• Gareth Davies (Cardiff and Wales)

• Ollie Campbell (Old Belvedere and Ireland)

• Tony Ward (Garryowen and Ireland)

• Terry Holmes (Cardiff and Wales)

• Colin Patterson (Instonians and Ireland)

• John Robbie (Greystones and Ireland)

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Forwards

• Bill Beaumont (capt) (Fylde and England)

• Fran Cotton (Sale and England)

• Clive Williams (Swansea and Wales)

• Ian Stephens (Bridgend and Wales)

• Phil Orr (Old Wesley and Ireland)

• Graham Price (Pontypool and Wales)

• Phil Blakeway (Gloucester and England)

• Peter Wheeler (Leicester and England)

• Alan Phillips (Cardiff and Wales)

• Maurice Colclough (Angouleme and England)

• Alan Tomes (Hawick and Scotland)

• Allan Martin (Aberavon and Wales)

• John O'Driscoll (London Irish and Ireland)

• Colm Tucker (Shannon and Ireland)

• Jeff Squire (Pontypool and Wales)

• Stuart Lane (Cardiff and Wales)

• Derek Quinnell (Llanelli and Wales)

• John Beattie (Glasgow Academicals and Scotland)

• Gareth Williams (Bridgend and Wales)

• Steve Smith (Sale and England)

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Results

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References

Carwyn James and Chris Rea (1980) Injured pride: the Lions in South Africa (Arthur Barker) Carwyn James (1929–1983) won two Welsh international Rugby Union caps but is most famous for his coaching achievements for both Llanelli and the British and Irish Lions. ...

External links

• http://www.lions-tour.com/history/southafrica1980.asp