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Here is who tops the try charts
Top try-scorer Lions 2021
It’s a bade of honour, to be the most lethal finisher on tour. So who will win the race to top try-scorer for the British & Irish Lions this year?
We already have a front-runner after just two outings so far (the Lions have played Japan at home and the Sigma Lions in their first match in-country, in South Africa). It was the stand-out stat from the big win against the Sigma Lions – Josh Adams scores four tries for the Lions to take his 2021 tour tally to five tries.
Adams was one of four try-scorers in the opening match against Japan, at Murrayfield. And he was at it again – a further four times – against the Sigma Lions. Can anybody catch him?
Adams has already surpassed some previous top-scores. In 2017, in New Zealand, Tommy Seymour was top try-scorer on tour with three. In 2013 Alex Cuthbert and George North were joint-top of the chart with four each. Adams is currently on par with Ugo Monye was top on the 2009 Lions tour, with five.
The last time the Lions won a series in South Africa, in 1997, the position of top try-scorer on tour was held jointly by John Bentley and Tony Underwood – both ended the tour with seven tries to their names.
Lions 2021 Tries Scored
5: Josh Adams
1: Duhan van der Merwe, Robbie Henshaw, Tadhg Beirne, Louis Rees-Zammit, Hamish Watson, Ali Price, Gareth Davies.
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