Brian's Lions: Sir Ian McGeechan
The Telegraph Rugby Podcast
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🗓️ 24 May 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Ahead of the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa Brian Moore will be sitting down with former players and coaches to discuss some of the memories which have made the Lions become the institution it is today.
First up is the man dubbed 'Mr Lions', Sir Ian McGeechan. McGeechan had an illustrious Lions career as a player, but it is his work as a head coach which will see him go down a true Lions legend.
He takes Brian on a journey through his early days as a player in 1974, right the way through to the historic series in 2009 where he came back as a head coach for one last time following a twelve-year absence.
Ahead of this year's tour to South Africa he details what he believes is the secret to a successful tour and more importantly what is required to tame the Springboks.
You'll also hear his thoughts on current Lions head coach Warren Gatland, who was part of the 2009 tour, and whether or not he would have made any different selections were he in charge himself.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:02.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:08.0 | He's going to score under the post. |
| 0:10.0 | J.J. Williams. |
| 0:12.0 | The lions leap in the air. |
| 0:14.0 | These are the days that you'd never believe will come again. |
| 0:18.0 | To win for a lion, for the lions in a Desmuch, is the ultimate. |
| 0:28.0 | As we build up to the 201 British Lions Tour of South Africa, |
| 0:35.5 | I will be speaking to the grit and the good |
| 0:38.1 | of Lions Tour's past to get their unique insight into why the Lions holds such a special place |
| 0:45.5 | in the hearts and minds of most rugby players and supporters. And look, where else would you start |
| 0:51.7 | other than the man who has been dubbed Mr. Lions, having gone on two tours as a player, five tours as a coach, four of which was head coach. |
| 1:00.2 | I am, of course, talking about the great Sir Ian McGeecon. Hello, Gitch. |
| 1:06.1 | Moro, great to speak to you. |
| 1:08.3 | Look, before we go into your career and things like that, |
| 1:12.3 | I want to know this. |
| 1:13.7 | I want you to tell us, put yourself back into these shoes of McGeekin Jr. |
| 1:20.2 | As a schoolboy player, or maybe just starting club rugby. |
| 1:25.7 | Now, kids, teenagers today, they know lots about the Lions because they've got the |
| 1:30.4 | internet, they've got merchandising, they've got 24-hour media, they've got YouTube, all |
| 1:34.6 | these things there. |
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