LIST | 5 of the biggest fights in rugby history - Page 2 of 5 - Ruck

LIST | 5 of the biggest fights in rugby history

4. The Lions 99 Call V South Africa

Sometimes however, teams pre plan their crude attacks against their opponents. Such was the case during the 1974 Lions tour, when Captain Willie John McBride devised the 99 call. The strategy called for the entire team to involve themselves in a fight with their direct opponent, believing that the referee would not send off the fifteen Lions players involved.

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