Inside the Lions camp

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

We go behind the scenes at the Lions training camp in Portugal to see how preparations have begun for the clash with Argentina in Dublin and the tour down under. Chris chats to Ellis Genge who's already striking up an unexpected 'bromance' with one of the Irish players he's usually slating on the pitch. Genge talks openly about trying to get out of his comfort zone in camp and how he's approaching his first Lions tour aged 30. Forwards coach John Dalziel stops by to talk Argentina and what has impressed him most since the players came into camp. Plus, Jac Morgan tells us how it feels to be flying the flag for Welsh rugby on tour, his memories of the Australia tour in 2013 and he discusses the fierce competition in the back row.

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0:00.0	No, but Tom, he says to me, what are you wearing?
0:04.2	He's like, you look ridiculous.
0:05.6	His invite said yoga party.
0:07.5	You were spot on, bro.
0:08.4	No, no, no.
0:09.1	His text auto-corrected.
0:11.0	So what was it meant to say then?
0:12.4	Toga party.
0:13.8	What?
0:14.2	Oh no.
0:14.6	So they all came as Romans.
0:16.4	Well, I never thought of it like that.
0:18.5	You about? Never thought of it like that. You About. Join me, Roman Kemp, and me, Tom Gremlin, for our weekly catch-up, otherwise known as a podcast.
0:24.9	You About.
0:25.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:29.7	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:33.7	Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly.
0:39.6	Hello, Robbie New Weekly and welcome to Portugal. Quinto de Lago.
0:43.2	We are on the Lions hunt because the British and Irish Lions are training here
0:46.8	head of that match against Argentina next Friday.
0:49.2	Then the tour of Australia, which is looming very, very large. it is all happening down here the Lions
0:56.1	have had a gym session in the open air gym by their pristine training pitch we've
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