Lions Origin

What is the Lions Origin Club?

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

To celebrate and reward these clubs, Team Wear Store.ie together with Canterbury help promote these clubs.

This involves access to exclusive products, use of the Lions Origin Badge, onsite events along with coverage through the Canterbury and B&I Lions social media.

The aim is both to raise the clubs profile locally and nationally and inspire the next generation to take up the game and follow in their heroes footsteps.

That badge, we always said, represents four. I think it represents something else. You carry one on your jersey. That is a very personal thing. What goes into that is your own country and three others. But what also goes into it is you

international media coverage

Each month a club is chosen and receives promotion through all social media from British & Irish Lions, Canterbury and Team Wear Store.ie. The CLUB OF THE MONTH is chosen on the work a club does in its local community

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Find out if your club qualifies

Search by club, player or location to find details of all 835 past British & Irish Lions, where they have played and their record as a Lion.

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“There are days like this that many rugby players never have, they never experience it. It is special."

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Buccaneers RFC Canterbury Lions Origin Team Wear Store.ie Banner

Buccaneers RFC have achieved the hollowed status of a Lions Origin Club – those teams who have produced a player who has gone on to play for the Lions

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

May 27, 2021 2 min read

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.

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

Ask Warren a Questions - Lions Q&A

April 28, 2021 2 min read

Team Wear Store.ie in partnership with Canterbury and the British & Irish Lions are giving fans the exclusive chance to ask Warren Gatland a question for the Lions Q&A event on May 13th 202