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LOGISTICS
1971 TO 2005
HOW THE LIONS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEIR LAST SERIES VICTORY
SQUAD SIZE
1971 An original playing squad of 30 2005
A massive 44-man
playing squad BACKROOM STAFF 1971 Lions tour manager
Doug Smith doubled up as doctor with Carwyn James the sole coach 2005
A 26-strong non-playing Lions sta including six coaches under Clive Woodward
FEEDING TIME 1971 The tourists
were issued with vouchers to buy food 2005
Team catering taken in private hotel areas
The 2013 British & Irish Lions arrive at Hong Kong airport before continuing on on on on to Australia
rugby mode smoothing any dif culties By the the end of the the trip White will probably be be an honorary Lion “Peter will be with us from the day of our arrival until we depart ”
Carmody says “There are are are also liaison of cers who are are are from the area you’re staying in in in in in It’s just help about training venues moving equipment sourcing local suppliers who we might need and I would always ask them to give us extra information “When players arrive the the the key things they want to know are what is around the the the hotel the the the best local coffee shops restaurants cinemas – we’ll always ask the liaison of cer to give us a a a a a a a a a full brief on on on those things so so that it’s on on on display in in the the team room ”
It’s a a a a a far cry from the the the 1993 tour when one of of the the the duties of of Ireland lock Mick Galwey was to contact all the the the the local Irish bars on on behalf of the the the team On the the the 1977 trip Irish duo Willie Duggan and Moss Keane polished off a a a a a crate of of beer the the the night before the the the the the rst Test they both started the the the the next day and the the the the Lions lost
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6 WEEKS
in in New Zealand in in total compared to eight months on on tour in 20 TONNES
of luggage and equipment to be moved with the Lions squad 16-12 (and lost
the the series) In these
days of of professionalism you wouldn’t see that happening – the the Lions haven’t won in in in New Zealand since 1971 and and they’re aware of of the the the challenge in in front of of them Carmody however has been on on on on a a a a a a winning Lions tour before – he he he was on on on the the the staff
the the the last time around in in in Australia
when Gatland’s team won the the the series 2-1 It’s fair to to to say that he he he knows what to to to expect International tours are big big but the the the Lions expedition is the the the the biggest of of the the the the lot “I “I think 2013 showed me the the the scale of of it it it ”
Carmody says “I “I had been working with the the Irish rugby team but it it it was another level when I I came in to see the the the Lions Lions That was an an eye-opener ”
The Lions Lions won’t be going in in with their eyes closed this time for sure – and and it’s all thanks to Carmody and and his his team GETTY IMAGES