{"id":223532,"date":"2025-06-29T08:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223532\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T08:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:31:10","slug":"sir-clive-woodward-named-the-three-nailed-on-players-for-the-lions-test-xv-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223532\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Clive Woodward named the THREE nailed-on players for the Lions test XV &#8211; Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Joe McCarthy \u2013 \u201cLocking Down Test Contention\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe McCarthy<\/strong>\u00a0impressed with a tireless shift in the engine room \u2013 dominating in the tight, making key defensive plays, and powering over for a well-earned try.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMcCarthy was a stand-out figure at lock,\u201d said Woodward. \u201cHe did a lot of the unseen work, came up with some crucial steals in the first half when the Lions were under pressure. On the whole, this was a job well done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\nEDITORS PICKS:<\/p>\n<p>QUIZ: Can you name the 2013 British &amp; Irish Lions squad?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Think you\u2019re a true rugby nut? It\u2019s time to put your Lions knowledge to the test.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12 years have passed since Warren Gatland\u2019s men roared to a famous series win over Australia, but how well do you really remember the iconic 2013 British &amp; Irish Lions squad?<\/p>\n<p>From legendary leaders to surprise selections, we\u2019ve lined up every player from that unforgettable tour. All you have to do is name them. No pressure, right?<\/p>\n<p>Take the quiz below and prove your rugby brain still bites.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47 Scroll down and get cracking \u2013 how many can you get without cheating?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe McCarthy \u2013 \u201cLocking Down Test Contention\u201d Joe McCarthy\u00a0impressed with a tireless shift in the engine room \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-223532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114765724618657052","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}