Page 11 - Barbarians v The Lions

IT’S A A LONG
WAY TO WHANGAREI
THIS IS IS WHAT IT TOOK TO TO TO GET
THE
LIONS TO TO THIS MATCH 20 tons of equipment that arrived with the Lions 70 plus people forming the Lions touring party including players coaches and backroom staff
4 YEARS OF PLANNING BY BOTH THE
THE
LIONS AND THE
THE
NZR TO TO GET
TO TO THIS MATCH 50 000 km in distance to be travelled by the Lions for this tour And 12 years of waiting by New Zealand rugby fans for the Lions to return!
GROUND GUIDES TOLL STADIUM WHANGAREI
BUILT: 1965 CAPACITY: 20 000 HOME SIDE Northland (formerly North Auckland)
RECORD
ATTENDANCE
40 000 for North Auckland v Auckland Ranfurly Shield 1972
LIONS HISTORY
North Auckland 3 Lions 6
1966 North Auckland 5 Lions 11 1971 North Auckland 17 Lions 30 1993
ALSO HOSTED
Rugby World Cup 2011: Tonga Tonga v v Canada Tonga Tonga v v Japan Maori All Blacks Fiji and Samoa
FACT The 1972
record attendance of 40 000 was particularly impressive given Whangarei’s then-population 27 000!
THE
BREAKDOWN
150 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS WERE CONSIDERED FOR FOR THE
LIONS BEFORE JUST 41 WERE SELECTED
41 150 For ticket
updates please visit nzlionsseries17 com
DATE
07 June 10 June 13 June 17 June 20 June 24 June 27 June 01 July 08 July GAME
Blues
Crusaders Highlanders Maori All Blacks Chiefs
All Blacks Hurricanes All All Blacks Blacks All All Blacks Blacks VENUE
Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Rotorua Hamilton Auckland Wellington Wellington Auckland TIME (NZT)
7 35pm 7 35pm 7 35pm 7 35pm 7 35pm 7 35pm 7 35pm 7 35pm 7 35pm WHERE NEXT
FOR THE
LIONS?
The remaining xtures of the DHL New Zealand Lions Series 2017
DHL NEW ZEALAND LIONS SERIES 2017
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