Download or read book Once Were Lions: The Players’ Stories: Inside the World’s Most Famous Rugby Team written by Jeff Connor and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on first hand interviews from more than 75 British Lions tourists since the golden age of the fifties, this book captures what it means to be a British Lions rugby player – the historic victories, the glorious failures and the stories surrounding the icons of rugby such as Edwards, Bennett, Hastings, Guscott, Dallaglio and Johnson.