Frederic P Miller

2005 British and Irish Lions Tour to Ne Frederic P Miller

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In 2005 the British and Irish Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, suffering a 3-0 whitewash at the hands of the New Zealand All Blacks. It was the first time for 22 years that the Lions lost every test match on tour. This tour follows the 2001 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia and precedes the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa. The team was managed by former England international Bill Beaumont, coached by former England coach Sir Clive Woodward, and originally captained by Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll. O'Driscoll however suffered a controversial tour-ending injury two minutes into the first test and England captain Martin Corry took over the captaincy for the remainder of that match. Wales captain Gareth Thomas took over as captain for the rest of the tour. The tour was marked by controversy. New Zealand captain Tana Umaga and hooker Keven Mealamu were accused of a spear tackle on O'Driscoll and the matter was referred to the match citing commissioner, who found that there was no case to answer.