The FRONT ROW UNION

If there was one thing that I would recommend that you do before you die it is go on a Lions tour. I suspect the game in Hong Kong will [more]

A fantastic win for the under strength Lions against, quite frankly, an extremely limited South African side. Oh for a couple of bounces of the ball and some competent refereeing [more]

Arrived back home on Friday, and plenty to catch up on since I last wrote. The Sunday after the first test was a bit of a quiet day. It was [more]

The rest of the group are away shopping but I’ve been spending the morning editing photos from yesterdays game. We’re all a bit down today, very disappointed and the general [more]

Made it to Durban yesterday but we’ve limited internet access over the next few days. Should have update on Monday when we get back to Cape Town.

Just a quick one today to let you know that I’ve added to the galleries and changed them about slightly so there are plenty of new pics for you all [more]

Sunday was relatively quiet. The raiding party came back from the wineries relatively sober and we all headed down to the Cape Town Waterside for a late supper. We went [more]

One interesting thing we heard last night is that Stevie Ferris is still with the tour party and according to him he still hopes to “take part” later in the [more]

Sharks 3 Lions 39 Well, we’re finally on our way. We stopped off at Drogheda on the way down to Dublin Airport to watch the match. It just doesn’t seem [more]

Ferris Out of Tour.  Absolutely gutted for the big man but he tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee in training earlier today and is out of the [more]

Missed doing an update on Saturday as I was too busy getting ready for The FRU Awards Night. Got up bright and early with the plan of getting everything out [more]

The big lump of prime Ulster beef that is Stephen Ferris is going to have a busy day tomorrow. Not only does he get his first start for The Lions [more]

Golden Lions 10 The Lions 74 What a fantastic result for the Lions, British and Irish that is, as they tore apart a rather lacklustre Golden Lions running in 10 [more]

Today’s news from an Ulster perspective is that Bowe is in the starting XV for Wednesdays match against the Golden Lions in Jo’berg and Ferris has recovered from his extraordinary [more]

Disappointing news this morning with Ferris being withdrawn from the team due to a calf strain. Powell also withdrawn with a hand injury (insect bite?) and Wallace and Heaslip brought [more]

I just couldn’t hold off any longer with starting this diary of our trip to South Africa. There are still eleven days to go until we actually set off for [more]

The waiting is over and the British and Irish Lions have finally arrived in South Africa for what promises to be a bruising series of Test matches. The FRU will [more]