Description: Brutal Machines and Goal-kicking Dreams Detail: After the brainstorms, team-building and pub trips, the Lions hit the training fields to prepare for the challenge of a lifetime. After all, a strategy to conquer the World Champions was required. And for the pack, that meant brutal hard work. Featuring Keith Wood, Matt Dawson and Rob Wainwright. Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.Executive Editor for NinetyFour19: Jonathan Overend. A NinetyFour19 Podcast for Auddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 4: The Lions '97 - The Midweekers

The inside story of the most triumphant tours in sporting history.

Season 2 returns this December as a box set, following the England cricket team on their astonishing 1986/87 series. A tour hugely significant for both nations – after this, England wouldn’t win the Ashes again for 18 years. The embarrassing defeat sent Allan Border’s Australia to rock bottom and yet, somehow, they recovered to become a cricket superpower. This is the story of that incredible journey, told by players from both teams plus host Mark Pougatch, who was a backpacking 18-year-old in Australia at the time. His diary brings to life an incredible story of unknown call-ups, unlikely heroes, and a result that shocked the sporting world.

In series 1, presenter Alastair Eykyn took us back to the legendary British and Irish Lions rugby tour in South Africa, 1997. With few giving them a chance, a disparate group of characters bonded into a band of brothers that upset the reigning world champions.

This is Inside The Tour – giving you the inside story, told by those who were there.