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Lions Origin Club - What is it and does my club qualify for it?

What is it ? 
Lions Origin Clubs are those that have helped shape the future of the Lions by producing and guiding players on their rugby journey. 

Does my club qualify for it?
Search on the Lions Origin Database using this link (CLICK HERE)

To celebrate and reward these clubs, Team Wear Store.ie together with Canterbury and the British & Irish Lions offer exclusive access to the Lions Origin Club

Canterbury and Team Wear Store.ie work with clubs to promote and highlight this remarkable achievement through the set up and professional management of an online team store.

Lions Origin Ireland MapCork Con Lions Origin Clubs Finder

 

 
Benefits to Lions Origin Club are:
  1. Release of limited edition Canterbury commemorative team wear with the Lions Origin logo applied.
  2. The ability for a club to add the Lions Origin Crest to garments to reinforce the clubs heritage. See this example Loughrea RFC Lions Jersey
  3. Lions Origin Clubs benefit from engagement from the media campaigns from the B&I Lions & Canterbury to help boost their club's profiles and tell their stories (See this link to Wanderers FC story)
  4. Access to exclusive training camps and seminars
  5. Helps the club deepen its status and traditions in the local community

We have already started this journey with Buccaneers RFC and Loughrea RFC and wish to expand it out to other qualifying clubs. 

LIONS ORIGIN CLUB: WANDERERS EMBRACING THE PAST AND FUTURE

As one of the oldest rugby clubs in Ireland, it should come as no surprise that the history of Wanderers F.C. is interwoven deep in the fabric of The British & Irish Lions.

Founded in 1870 by a group of former Trinity College players at Dublin University, the club has produced more than a dozen men who have gone on to wear the famous red jersey.

From the likes of Andrew Clinch, Thomas Crean and Robert Johnston on the 1896 Tour to 1959 Tour captain Ronnie Dawson, Wanderers and the Lions have enjoyed a long association.

Wanderers can also count legendary five-time Lions tourist Mike Gibson among their illustrious list of names, having followed in Dawson’s footsteps after beginning his senior career at the club.

Then there’s Wanderers legend and Ireland flanker Phil Matthews, who pulled on the famous red jersey for the Lions in their 1989 centenary celebration match against France in Paris.

Canterbury’s partnership with The British & Irish Lions recognises the 724 clubs globally that have developed, nurtured, & fostered the 824 British & Irish Lions

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