BRIAN O’DRISCOLL AND Alan Quinlan will be on co-commentary duty for the Lions Test Series after Newstalk have secured FM radio rights for all the fixtures on this summer’s tour to South Africa.
The eight-match tour takes place at the home of Springboks, with the three Test matches on 24 July, 31 July and 7 August.
The coverage by OTB Sports commences this Saturday with the Lions facing Japan in a warm-up game at Murrayfield in Scotland.
Neil Tracey will be on commentary duty for the games, joined by O’Driscoll and Quinlan for the Test matches. The warm-up games wil feature Devin Toner and Niamh Briggs as co-commentators.
Keith Wood and Ronan O’Gara will also be part of the station’s preview and analysis coverage of the Lions games.