The Lions continued their impressive start to their tour of South Africa with a 17-5 win over Natal on this day in 1968.

The Lions were 18-2 winners over New South Wales on this day in 1888.

The Lions tasted victory in New Zealand on this day in 1908 but experienced defeat in the same country exactly 22 years later.

Ciaran Fitzgerald, a former Lions skipper, was born on this day in 1952.

The Lions lost for the first time in five matches at the start of their tour of New Zealand on this day in 1993.

The Lions were comfortable winners in the first Test against Australia on this day in 1959.

Bill Beaumont's Lions registered their eighth provincial victory in South Africa on this day in 1980.

Phil Bennett's Lions made it seven wins in a row on this day in 1977.

The Lions beat New South Wales for the second time in a week on this day in 1888.

The Lions were beaten 8-0 by New Zealand in the second Test of their 1950 tour.

A 75 metre try from England wing John Bentley pushed the Lions to a 20-14 victory over Gauteng Lions at Johannesburg's Ellis Park in 1997, their sixth straight victory of that tour.

Keith Rowlands, the biggest man in world rugby in 1962, scored his first try for the Lions on their tour to South Africa in the 14-6 win over South West Africa.

Canterbury notched the first of their three victories over the Lions in 11 matches between 1888 and 1993 on this day in 1908.

The Lions went down to a 26-19 defeat in the second Test of their 1980 tour to South Africa, slipping to a 2-0 deficit in the series.

Gareth Edwards scored two tries for the Lions in their 23-0 demolition of South West Africa on this day in 1968.

The great Blackheath and England forward Arthur Blakiston was born on this day in 1892.

The Newcastle and England full back Tim Stimpson helped himself to 26 points against the Emerging Springboks at Wellington on the 1997 tour to South Africa.

Wales Grand Slam skipper Ryan Jones made his Lions debut in 2005 against Otago at Carisbrook, Dunedin and scored one of the three tires in a 30-19 win.

The flying Leicester and England wing Rory Underwood was born on this day in 1963.

The 2009 British & Irish Lions will open their three match Test series against the world champion Springboks in Durban.

Doug Prentice's 1930 Lions rocked New Zealand by winning the first Test 6-3 in Dunedin - the first Lions Test victory on New Zealand soil.

The 1955 Lions kicked-off their tour in Potchefstroom with a 9-6 defeat against Western Transvaal.

Rob Norster, the Cardiff and Wales line-out specialist, was born on this day in 1957.

Angus Cameron, the Glasgow HSFP and Scotland full-back, was born on this day in 1929.

Dickie Jeeps marked the first of his 41 appearances over three tours for the Lions with a try as the1955 tourists notched their first victory.

Ian 'Mighty Mouse' McLaughlan went down in Lions folklore with the only try of the first Test against the All Blacks in 1971.

Having conceded seven tries in a 32-5 first Test hammering in Dunedin, Arthur 'Boxer' Harding's 1908 Lions drew the second Test in Wellington on this day.

The Lions recorded their biggest-ever win in New Zealand on this day in 2005.

The Ulster and Ireland scrum half Roger Young was born on this day in 1943.

The Lions beat Eastern Province 21-6 at Boet Erasmus Stadium on this day in 1962.