The Class of ‘97 are back together again! Twenty-five years on from the memorable 1997 Lions tour of South Africa, members of the squad have met up for a reunion in Stratford-upon-Avon.
It’s a tour that is remembered particularly fondly by rugby fans for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it was a triumphant one, with the world champion Springboks defeated 2-1 in the Test series. But it has also been immortalised by the now legendary Living with Lions video, a then ground-breaking behind-the-scenes look at the 13-match campaign.
A strong bond still exists among the men who went on the trip, as summed up by former England prop Jason Leonard, who said: “This time 25 years ago we were on the 1997 Lions tour of South Africa. This week we are catching up for an anniversary reunion. To this day, I would still walk over broken glass for all involved on that tour.”
