British & Irish Lions Jersey Signed by Team 1997
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British & Irish Lions Rugby Jersey
1997 Tour to South Africa
Signed by Team
Very rare
Unframed for easy Shipment
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The much-anticipated tour was the first after the end of Apartheid in South Africa, and the first professional Lions tour. The Lions were seen to be underdogs.
The Lions convincingly won the first test on 21 June 1997 at Newlands 25-16. They won the second test on 28 June 1997 at Durban 18-15 and took the series. The third test on 5 July 1997 at Ellispark proved a match too far for the Lions squad and they lost 35-16.
It was the last occasion on which the Lions returned victorious from a tour as it was followed by defeats in Australia in 2001, New Zealand in 2005 and again in South Africa in 2009.
