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Rugby · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.3

Tours and the Lions

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 28 October 2026 · markdown

The great touring teams: the 1888 tour, the 1905 Originals, the first Springboks and Wallabies, the Lions name, the Invincibles, the 1971, 1974 and 1997 Lions, the modern tours and the Lions today.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The 1888 tourTake a test

  1. The 1888 tour.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. A private venture.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Robert Seddon drowned.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Stoddart, also an England cricketer.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. They played Victorian (Australian) rules too.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Sea voyages.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Tours spread the game.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1888, 1905, 1906, 1908.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Faster over time.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Sea voyages.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 2The OriginalsTake a test

  1. The 1905 Originals.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Wales won 3-0 in Cardiff.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Gallaher led the Originals.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. All Blacks.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Innovators.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Deans' 'try'.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Only Wales beat them.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Sail, win, lose once, return.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. None, one, a few.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Cardiff 1905.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 3Springboks and WallabiesTake a test

  1. Paul Roos.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Pick your own name.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. An antelope.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. London 1908.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. 1908-09.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. National animals.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Measuring up.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1905, 1906, 1908.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. 1905, 1906, 1924.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Springboks 1906.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 4The Lions nameTake a test

  1. 1924.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. The tie emblem.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Four home unions.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Red jerseys, white shorts.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Four-year cycle.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. The Lions tour South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. From the 2001 tour.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Early, 1950, 2001.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. NZ farthest.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Lions kit.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 5The InvinciblesTake a test

  1. Unbeaten tourists.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Unbeaten.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Nepia, aged 19.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Cliff Porter.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Hard schedules.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. They beat England at Twickenham.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. A dispute over expenses.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1905, 1924, 1971.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Unbeaten is best.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. 1924-25.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 6The 1971 LionsTake a test

  1. 1971.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. John Dawes.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Carwyn James.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Barry John.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Only series win in NZ.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Welsh golden era.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. 2-1 with a draw.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1971, 2005, 2017.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Win, draw, 3-0 loss.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. The King.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 7The 1974 LionsTake a test

  1. Unbeaten in 1974.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. McBride.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. All for one.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Violence is not admired now.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Unbeaten tour, 3-0 in tests with a draw.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Apartheid.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. McBride of Ulster and Ireland.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1974, 1997, 2009.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Best to worst.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. 1974 captain.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 8Lions series winsTake a test

  1. Martin Johnson.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. McGeechan.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Guscott's drop goal.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Professional era begins.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Warburton.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Gatland.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Calder.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 1971, 1989, 1997, 2013.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Win, draw, loss.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Durban 1997.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 9Modern Lions toursTake a test

  1. A 3-0 defeat.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. Woodward.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. O'Driscoll.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. O'Connell.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Drawn series.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Pandemic tour.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Itoje.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Win, draw, 3-0 loss.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. Played behind closed doors.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Test 10The Lions todayTake a test

  1. Andy Farrell.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  2. 2-1.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  3. Combined team.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  4. Warm-up games.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  5. Elite selection.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  6. Rare and special.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  7. Short time together.

    Source: General rugby union reference · recall

  8. Pick, warm up, test, decider.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  9. Rarest first.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

  10. The Sea of Red.

    Source: General rugby union reference · applied

Sources

World Rugby handbooks and coaching material, union and competition records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered Laws belong to the Laws category.

  • General rugby union reference100