Beginning of the road for a '97 Lions hero
Alan Tait scored two tries for Scotland against France in 1999
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1964
Scotland and British & Irish Lions back Alan Tait was born in Kelso, Scotland. The son of a rugby league player, Tait went on to become a dual-code international, representing Scotland and Great Britain.
In 1997 Tait was selected for the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, and was named on the wing for the first Test against the Springboks in Cape Town. Tait popped up on the end of a flowing move to score one of the Lions' tries and seal the Test match - leading of course to a series victory.
In 1999 Tait scored two tries against France in the final game of the Five Nations, helping the Scots to a famous 36-22 win and also the final Five Nations title.
2005
The Lions conceded their heaviest-ever Test score, beaten 48-18 by New Zealand in Wellington. Stand-in Lions skipper Gareth Thomas gave the tourists an early lead with a solo effort, but Clive Woodward's men were outclassed by a 33 point haul, including two tries, from All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter.
The All Blacks also scored tries through openside Richie McCaw, winger Sitiveni Sivivatu and skipper Tana Umaga.
1904
David Bedell-Sivright's Lions opened their three-Test series with Australia with a convincing 17-0 win at the SCG. Welsh wing Willie Llewellyn scores two tries for the tourists.
1910
Transvaal, twice winners against the 1903 Lions, continued their winning ways with a decisive 27-8 triumph against Tom Smyth's British/Irish team at the Wanderers Ground in Johannesburg.
1932
After being forced by the law-makers to abandon their 2-3-2 "diamond" scrummage, New Zealand lost their first Test of the three-man front-row era 22-17 to Australia in Sydney.
1955
The Lions ran riot against Orange Free State. Cliff Morgan is the catalyst in a 31-3 victory that brings a hat trick of tries for England centre Jeff Butterfield.
1966
Mike Gibson, on the first of his five Lions visits, scored a try in the Lions' 12-9 win against Taranaki.
1977
Three penalties by skipper Phil Bennett provided the cushion for the Lions to win their tour match against Wellington 13-6 at Athletic Park.
1983
The Lions went down 15-8 to New Zealand in the third Test of their four-match series. Only a win in the final Test in Auckland will avoid the whitewash, the Lions having lost both earlier Tests.
2004
Sir Clive Woodward, who will manage the 2005 Lions, announced his intentions to take a party comprising 44 players and a back-up team of more than two dozen for the tour of New Zealand.
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