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San Francisco Chronicle
14 hours ago
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Hooker Jamie George to join Lions after Luke Cowan-Dickie suffers a concussion
SAN JUAN, Argentina (AP) — England hooker Jamie George will fly to Australia on Sunday to join the British and Irish Lions as concussion cover for countryman Luke Cowan-Dickie. Cowan-Dickie was knocked out after attempting a tackle in the first half of the Lions' 48-0 win over an Australia and New Zealand Invitational side in Adelaide on Saturday. Lions coach Andy Farrell said after the match that Cowan-Dickie was feeling 'good' but suffered a concussion, a week out from the first test against the Wallabies. England announced hours later that George was being drafted into the Lions squad, so would miss Saturday's test match against Argentina in San Juan. He was set to start and will instead watch the match before departing for Brisbane on Sunday, England said. Theo Dan came into the England team as George's replacement. 'We're absolutely delighted for Jamie's selection,' England coach Steve Borthwick said. Aside from the three tests against the Wallabies on consecutive Saturdays, the Lions have just one remaining midweek assignment — against a First Nations and Pasifika XV in Melbourne on July 22. That could be George's only game on this tour, though he did go on the 2017 and 2021 tours. ___
Hamilton Spectator
14 hours ago
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- Hamilton Spectator
Hooker Jamie George to join Lions after Luke Cowan-Dickie suffers a concussion
SAN JUAN, Argentina (AP) — England hooker Jamie George will fly to Australia on Sunday to join the British and Irish Lions as concussion cover for countryman Luke Cowan-Dickie. Cowan-Dickie was knocked out after attempting a tackle in the first half of the Lions' 48-0 win over an Australia and New Zealand Invitational side in Adelaide on Saturday. Lions coach Andy Farrell said after the match that Cowan-Dickie was feeling 'good' but suffered a concussion, a week out from the first test against the Wallabies. England announced hours later that George was being drafted into the Lions squad, so would miss Saturday's test match against Argentina in San Juan. He was set to start and will instead watch the match before departing for Brisbane on Sunday, England said. Theo Dan came into the England team as George's replacement. 'We're absolutely delighted for Jamie's selection,' England coach Steve Borthwick said. Aside from the three tests against the Wallabies on consecutive Saturdays, the Lions have just one remaining midweek assignment — against a First Nations and Pasifika XV in Melbourne on July 22. That could be George's only game on this tour, though he did go on the 2017 and 2021 tours. ___ AP rugby:
Fox Sports
15 hours ago
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- Fox Sports
Hooker Jamie George to join Lions after Luke Cowan-Dickie suffers a concussion
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Argentina (AP) — England hooker Jamie George will fly to Australia on Sunday to join the British and Irish Lions as concussion cover for countryman Luke Cowan-Dickie. Cowan-Dickie was knocked out after attempting a tackle in the first half of the Lions' 48-0 win over an Australia and New Zealand Invitational side in Adelaide on Saturday. Lions coach Andy Farrell said after the match that Cowan-Dickie was feeling 'good' but suffered a concussion, a week out from the first test against the Wallabies. England announced hours later that George was being drafted into the Lions squad, so would miss Saturday's test match against Argentina in San Juan. He was set to start and will instead watch the match before departing for Brisbane on Sunday, England said. Theo Dan came into the England team as George's replacement. 'We're absolutely delighted for Jamie's selection,' England coach Steve Borthwick said. Aside from the three tests against the Wallabies on consecutive Saturdays, the Lions have just one remaining midweek assignment — against a First Nations and Pasifika XV in Melbourne on July 22. That could be George's only game on this tour, though he did go on the 2017 and 2021 tours. ___ AP rugby: in this topic
Winnipeg Free Press
15 hours ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Hooker Jamie George to join Lions after Luke Cowan-Dickie suffers a concussion
SAN JUAN, Argentina (AP) — England hooker Jamie George will fly to Australia on Sunday to join the British and Irish Lions as concussion cover for countryman Luke Cowan-Dickie. Cowan-Dickie was knocked out after attempting a tackle in the first half of the Lions' 48-0 win over an Australia and New Zealand Invitational side in Adelaide on Saturday. Lions coach Andy Farrell said after the match that Cowan-Dickie was feeling 'good' but suffered a concussion, a week out from the first test against the Wallabies. England announced hours later that George was being drafted into the Lions squad, so would miss Saturday's test match against Argentina in San Juan. He was set to start and will instead watch the match before departing for Brisbane on Sunday, England said. Theo Dan came into the England team as George's replacement. 'We're absolutely delighted for Jamie's selection,' England coach Steve Borthwick said. Aside from the three tests against the Wallabies on consecutive Saturdays, the Lions have just one remaining midweek assignment — against a First Nations and Pasifika XV in Melbourne on July 22. That could be George's only game on this tour, though he did go on the 2017 and 2021 tours. ___ AP rugby:
Straits Times
15 hours ago
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- Straits Times
Lions centre Ringrose ruled out of first Australia test, George called up
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox England hooker Jamie George has received an SOS from the British & Irish Lions ahead of the first test against Australia next Saturday, as cover for Luke Cowan-Dickie, while centre Garry Ringrose is ruled out of the fixture with concussion. Cowan-Dickie took a blow to the head in the 48-0 win over a Australia-New Zealand invitational side at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, leading to the call-up of George just hours before he was due to start for England against Argentina in San Juan. England have drafted in Theo Dan to start against the Argentines, with Curtis Langdon on the replacement bench. Ireland midfielder Ringrose, who scored a try in the 36-24 win over the ACT Brumbies on Wednesday, was replaced by Huw Jones in the Lions team on Saturday. "Garry again had a concussion from last week, lingering signs of concussion so he had a headache and unfortunately he failed that," head coach Andy Farrell told Sky. "That's very sad for Garry but he'll be back within the rest of the series very shortly so that's just the way the game goes." Centre/fullback Jamie Osborne was called up to the squad as additional training cover during the week. Cowan-Dickie came off second-best in a tackle against big lock Lukhan Salakaia-Loto before half-time at Adelaide Oval and was carted off the ground. Farrell said the England hooker was in good spirits but it looked like he had also suffered concussion. "He got up straight away as he got off the stretcher and he's back to being his normal self," added Farrell. "It's unfortunate for him... so we'll see what has to happen on the back of that." Farrell's son Owen, the former England captain, did his chances of selection for the three-match series against the Wallabies no harm with a solid outing against AUNZ after coming off the bench early in the second half to replace Jones. Farrell had a hand in three of the Lions' five second-half tries and attacked the AUNZ line with vigour. It was by far the Lions' sharpest performance of the tour and a big improvement after their laboured win over the Brumbies. They racked up three tries in the opening 21 minutes and defended well to shut out opponents featuring 14 test players. "I thought it was a good professional performance," said Andy Farrell. "I suppose when you play these type of games, the type of personnel that you're coming up against, all sorts of things can happen. "But I thought we played a nice, controlled game of rugby and didn't really let them in the game or get the confidence going." REUTERS
