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How many Lions will the Blues provide?

18th March 2013


Following Saturday's thrilling win over England, that saw Wales retain their Six Nations Championship many people have started to list their Lions side

The British and Irish Lions travel to the southern hemisphere to take on Australia in June. With Cardiff Blues stars Leigh Halfpenny, Jamie Roberts, Alex Cuthbert, Sam Warburton and Blues bound Gethin Jenkins all shining for Wales on the weekend how many Cardiff Blues players do you think will be in the starting XV?

The Lions first played against the Wallabies in 1899, winning 13 – 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. Since then, there has been a total of 20 Test matches between the two teams, with the Wallabies winning 5 of them.

The most recent test, held at Stadium Australia, Sydney, on 14 July 2001, finished in a 29 – 23 win for the Wallabies sealing the series win for the Australians.

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