On Tuesday It'll Be a Five-Star Hotel Announcement, in 1968 for Gerald Davies It Was a Gym at Llanrumney School ; Carolyn Hitt Purrs at the Prospect of the Imminent Lions Squad Announcement and Asks Gerald Davies, What's New Pussycat?

Western Mail › April 18, 2009

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JUST days, hours, minutes before we find out "who's on that plane to South Africa", as they say in sporting journalese.

Lions weren't always airborne, of course. With Sir Clive at the helm, the last tour was so full of iPods, corporate claptrap and spin doctors you forgot this was a sporting phenomenon with such a romantic heritage. Particularly on the travel front. For the Lions of yesteryear the journey alone took longer than the modern tour.

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On Tuesday It'll Be a Five-Star Hotel Announcement, in 1968 for Gerald Davies It Was a Gym at Llanrumney School ; Carolyn Hitt Purrs at the Prospect of the Imminent Lions Squad Announcement and Asks Gerald Davies, What's New Pussycat?

Llanelli fullback Lewis Jones ushered in the future by becoming the first Lion to fly. The 19-year-old was sent out as a replacement on the 1950 tour to N...

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