Advantages: Fantastic look at the old-style touring mentality Disadvantages: Some of the filming is amateur due to the players filming themselves
The original of the behind the scenes reviews for rugby, its follow ups have been distinctly poor by comparison. The first tour of the professional era is charted from the initial team bonding sessions in an English hotel all around South Africa on the most mesmerising tour to happen in the past twenty years. Despite being far weaker on paper, the Lions managed to record a 2-1 win in the test series, and some impressive results against the traditional ... ...From the very beginning the players are given the opportunity to film themselves meaning that what the viewer sees is the real life of touring, rather than contrived media speak. From Bentos' reaction in the early hours of the morning on test selection, to the medical room mere seconds after Will Greenwood almost died on the pitch there are many genuine heartwarming moments. The lack of focus on the actual rugby could be viewed as strange, but it ...
scanerz1985 18.12.2007
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LIVING WITH LIONS - THE COMPLETE STORY is an unprecedented behind the scenes film of one ... more
of the greatest sporting achievements this century. The British Lions 1997 tour of South Africa.From pre-tour training strategies in England, through every provinc...
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