Summary
WITH THE whole point of your existence as a British and Irish Lion in South Africa seemingly rendered obsolete by two Test defeats, the squad will this afternoon have to 'dig deep', in common sporting parlance, if they are to avoid the ignominy of a first- ever whitewash in the Republic.
They have characters to inspire for today's game, with Andy Irvine, the current Lions chairman, having played in the 1980 final Test win, and scored, against the Springboks in 1980 when the series was already lost 3-0. Ian McGeechan never experienced the 'dead rubber' as a Lions player, but it was not much better in 1977 when both he and Irvine faced the All Blacks 2-1 down in the series and lost the fourth Test.See the full content of this document
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Baird Knows All About Flat Feeling of a Dead Rubber
Roger Baird, now 49, is one of many former Scotland internationalists to have returned from South Africa in the past week - there have been far more ex-caps there than current, sadly - and the winger could be forgiven for having forgotten his role in the fourth an...
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