When Lions Roared: The Lions, the All Blacks and the Legendary Tour of 1971

In 1971, the Lions toured New Zealand with a young, talented team led by Carwyn Jones. Despite facing a ferocious All Blacks team filled with legends, the Lions swept through the provinces, mounting pressure on the home players. The Test series was a clash that would echo through the ages, and rugby would never be the same again.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 388 pages
Publication date: 04 March 2021
Publisher: Polaris Publishing Limited

By 1971, no Lions team had ever defeated the All Blacks in a Test series. Since 1904, six Lions sides had traveled to New Zealand, and all had returned home bruised, battered, and beaten. But the 1971 tour party was different. It was full of young, ambitious, and outrageously talented players who would all go on to carve their names into the annals of sporting history during a golden period in British and Irish rugby. And at their center was Carwyn Jones – an intelligent, sensitive rugby mastermind who would lead his team into the games' hardest-playing arena while facing a ferocious, tragic battle in his personal life, all in pursuit of a seemingly impossible dream.

Up against them was an All Blacks team filled with legends in the game, such as Colin Meads, Brian Lochore, Ian Kirkpatrick, Sid Going, and Bryan Williams. But as the Lions swept through the provinces, lighting up the rugby fields of New Zealand, the pressure began to mount on the home players in a manner never seen before. As the Test series loomed, it became clear that a clash that would echo through the ages was about to unfold. And at its conclusion, it was obvious to all that rugby would never be the same again.

Weight: 296g
Dimension: 129 x 199 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913538163
Edition number: New in Paperback