Legends Tour Beach Clinic

Balmy winter weather greeted 100 children from Umlazi as they lived out a dream when they were coached by British and Irish Lions Legends along with eLan South African Rugby Legends down at Suncoast Beach on 20 June.

Walking onto the immaculate Suncoast Beach, children had the privilege of an hour long clinic with top world class Legends. Heroes of the game from the United Kingdom and South Africa parted with experience, coaching the youngsters under the guidance of Ian McIntosh who headed up the training session. McIntosh had the Legends display the next move to be learnt and then they broke up into groups practicing what they had just seen.

The visitors completely embraced the opportunity to ‘hang out’ with the local boys. Skills being learnt, laughter and smiling faces were seen as the large group dominated the majority of the beach.

Warming up for the big game yesterday (Saturday) afternoon, a sea of red and white British Lions supporter jerseys lined the sides of the field as they cheered the children on.

The Legends travel up to Pretoria where the British and Irish Lions Legends will want to restore some pride when they take on the eLan South African Rugby Legends in their second test match at Tukkies High Performance Centre on Thursday 25 June, kick off is at 5pm.