British & Irish Lions 2013: Now Showing in Warwick and Leamington, Warwickshire

So, a bunch of our boys from Blighty are off 'down-under' soon to play hand-egg-ball against a load of Aussies.

The British and Irish Lions rugby tour of Austraila starts on Wednesday 5th of June against Super XV team the Western Force, prior to this however, the Lions warm up with a game against the Barbarians on June 1st in Hong Kong.

As an aside, calling them the British and Irish Lions, does that not refer to the Northern Irish players twice? As it's not the British and Republic of Ireland Lions, anyways, I digress...

The three test matches against the Wallabies are supplemented with six other games against regional teams throughout Australia. The tests are on Saturday mornings (evening matches in Australia), with some of the regional games falling midweek.

LIST OF LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS SHOWING THE GAMES:
Witter Towers, Warwick
The Dun Cow, Warwick
The Cape of Good Hope, Warwick

...send me a message, or find me on Twitter, and let me know if you're showing the game, if you're doing any breakfast/brunch specials or what special event you're hosting.

2013 Lions Squad:

Fullbacks: Leigh Halfpenny (Wales, Cardiff Blues), Stuart Hogg (Scotland, Glasgow Warriors), Rob Kearney (Ireland, Leinster)

Wings: Tommy Bowe (Ireland, Ulster), Alex Cuthbert (Wales, Cardiff Blues), Sean Maitland (Scotland, Glasgow Warriors), George North (Wales, Scarlets)

Centres: Jonathan Davies (Wales, Scarlets), Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland, Leinster), Jamie Roberts (Wales, Cardiff Blues), Manusamoa Tuilagi (England, Leicester Tigers)

Outside halves: Owen Farrell (England, Saracens), Jonathan Sexton (Ireland, Leinster)

Scrum halves: Conor Murray (Ireland, Munster), Mike Phillips (Wales, Bayonne), Ben Youngs (England, Leicester Tigers)

Props: Dan Cole (England, Leicester Tigers), Cian Healy (Ireland, Leinster), Gethin Jenkins (Wales, Toulon), Adam Jones (Wales, Ospreys), Matt Stevens (England, Saracens), Mako Vunipola (England, Saracens)

Hookers: Richard Hibbard (Wales, Ospreys), Tom Youngs (England, Leicester Tigers), Rory Best* (Ireland, Ulster)

Locks: Ian Evans (Wales, Ospreys), Richie Gray (Scotland, Sale Sharks), Alun Wyn Jones (Wales, Ospreys), Paul O'Connell (Ireland, Munster), Geoff Parling (England, Leicester Tigers)

Back rows: Tom Croft (England, Leicester Tigers), Toby Faletau (Wales, Newport Gwent Dragons), Jamie Heaslip (Ireland, Leinster), Dan Lydiate (Wales, Newport Gwent Dragons), Sean O'Brien (Ireland, Leinster), Justin Tipuric (Wales, Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Wales, Cardiff Blues)

(* replaced Dylan Hartley)

Link: http://tinyurl.com/lionsontv