2013 British and Irish lions – Full schedule announced

Tour dates for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour has just been announced:

Date	Opponent	City
Wednesday, 5 June	v. Western Force	Perth
Saturday, 8 June	v. Queensland Reds	Brisbane
Wednesday, 12 June	v. Combined NSW-Qld Country	Newcastle
Saturday, 15 June	v. NSW Waratahs	Sydney
Tuesday, 18 June	v. Brumbies	Canberra
Saturday, 22 June	v. Wallabies	Brisbane
Tuesday, 25 June	v. Melbourne Rebels	Melbourne
Saturday, 29 June	v. Wallabies	Melbourne
Saturday, 6 July	v. Wallabies	Sydney

What are your favourite B&I Lions tour moments? Please share them in the comments below.

The Ledger

TOTAL MATCHES (excluding 1899 and 1904): 13
Matches won by the Wallabies: 4
Matches won by the British and Irish Lions: 9

Previous Lions Tours

1899

(Not an official Lions Tour)
1st Test – Australia 13 Britain 3 (24 June, Sydney)
2nd Test – Britain 11 Australia 0 (22 July, Brisbane)
3rd Test – Britain 11 Australia 10 (5 August, Sydney)
4th Test – Britain 13 Australia 0 (12 August, Sydney)

1904

(Not an official Lions Tour)
1st Test – Britain 17 Australia 0 (2July, Sydney)
2nd Test – Britain 17 Australia 3 (23 July, Brisbane)
3rd Test – Britain 16 Australia 0 (30 July, Sydney)

1930

1st Test – Australia 6 British and Irish Lions 5 (30 August, Sydney)

1950

1st Test – British and Irish Lions 19 Australia 6 (19 August, Brisbane)
2nd Test – British and Irish Lions 24 Australia 3 (26 August, Sydney)

1959

1st Test – British and Irish Lions 17 Australia 6 (6 June, Brisbane)
2nd Test – British and Irish Lions 24 Australia 3 (13 June, Sydney)

1966

1st Test – British and Irish Lions 11 Australia 8 (28 May, Sydney)
2nd Test – British and Irish Lions 31 Australia 0 (4 June, Brisbane)

1989

1st Test – Wallabies 30 British and Irish Lions 12 (30 May, Sydney)
2nd Test – British and Irish Lions 19 Wallabies 12 (8 July, Brisbane)
3rd Test – British and Irish Lions 19 Wallabies 18 (15 July, Sydney)

2001

1st Test – British and Irish Lions 29 Wallabies 13 (30 June, Brisbane)
2nd Test – Wallabies 35 British and Irish Lions 14 (7 July, Melbourne)
3rd Test – Wallabies 29 British and Irish Lions 23 (14 July, Sydney)

And of course, no Lions post is complete without Duncan McRae v. Ronan O’Gara