British Isles rugby union team

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composite sports team rugby union team touring rugby union team

The British Isles rugby union team, now known as the British & Irish Lions, is a composite side drawing players from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland that undertakes high-profile touring series against southern hemisphere nations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British Isles rugby union team canonical	2
British Isles rugby union touring team	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composite sports team ⓘ rugby union team ⓘ touring rugby union team ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British & Irish Lions ⓘ British & Irish Lions ⓘ surface form: British Lions
badgeFeatures	four national crests ⓘ
competitionFormat	best-of-three test series ⓘ
countryRepresented	England ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
drawsPlayersFrom	England national rugby union team ⓘ Ireland national rugby union team ⓘ Scotland national rugby union team ⓘ Wales national rugby union team ⓘ
emblem	lion ⓘ
firstOfficialTestSeriesYear	1891 ⓘ
firstTourYear	1888 ⓘ
formerlyAdministeredBy	Four Home Unions committee ⓘ
governingBody	British & Irish Lions ⓘ surface form: British & Irish Lions Limited
hasWomenTeamPlanning	plans for a British & Irish Lions women’s team announced in 2020s ⓘ
homeUnion	Irish Rugby Football Union ⓘ Rugby Football Union ⓘ Scottish Rugby Union ⓘ Welsh Rugby Union ⓘ
jerseyColor	red ⓘ
notableRivalry	Australia national rugby union team ⓘ surface form: Australia Wallabies All Blacks ⓘ surface form: New Zealand All Blacks South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ surface form: South Africa Springboks
playsMatchType	test matches ⓘ tour matches ⓘ
primaryOpponents	Australia national rugby union team ⓘ New Zealand national rugby union team ⓘ South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
renamedAs	British & Irish Lions ⓘ
renamingBeganIn	late 20th century ⓘ
represents	British Home Nations ⓘ surface form: Home Nations of the United Kingdom and Ireland
selectionBasis	merit ⓘ
selectionScope	players eligible for England, Scotland, Wales, or Ireland ⓘ
shortsColor	white ⓘ
socksColor	blue ⓘ
sport	rugby union ⓘ
tourFrequency	approximately every four years ⓘ
tourRegion	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
tourType	international test series ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All Blacks → firstInternationalOpponent → British Isles rugby union team ⓘ

South Africa national rugby union team → firstTestOpponent → British Isles rugby union team ⓘ

Four Home Unions committee → governsTeam → British Isles rugby union team ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Isles rugby union touring team