![]() This Lions documentary is CLASS #TwoSides Let SuperSport make every rugby documentary from now on! #TwoSides Vintage living with the lions, but with the drama of covid-19. Watched Ep1 of the “Two Sides” documentary… blydi hell, it’s exceptional! Love the two teams insight. ![]() Wales touring SA next so maybe just maybe they’ll be something from that? Instead, there’s moments of genuine intensity and high stakes mixed with family features that only serve to illuminate the sacrifices it takes to be on a Lions tour.”įormer players also took to Twitter to hail the documentary series, with Stephen Ferris – a tourist when the Lions previously visited South Africa in 2009 – singing its praises.įans were also fulsome in their praise of the documentary, which is now available on the ITV Hub. “There’s no clips of kangaroo courts or raucous drinking sessions. Writing for Wales Online, Ben James said: “If the original documentary was borne out of the amateur era, with what followed simply trying to recapture that magic, then this one certainly feels like the first properly tailored for the professional era. “Adams was selected for the tour while his partner, Georgia, was heavily pregnant with their first child, which ends up becoming a compelling narrative across the three episodes.”Ĭoles concludes: “Given all the off-field turmoil and well-made background segments, this will make for a compelling few hours for non-rugby devotees as much as the fans who chewed their fingernails off last summer.”Īs well as illuminating insights into the teams’ preparations and what went on during the matches, Two Sides also gave fans a rare glimpse into the workings of a unique sporting event. We see what it means to see a son playing in a Lions series, while features with Stuart Hogg, the parents of Springbok No.8 Jasper Wiese and family of Lions wing Josh Adams are all particularly moving. “There are interviews at the family homes of as many Springboks as Lions players. He writes: “With a tweak to the usual format, focusing as the title suggests on both sides this time, the Lions documentary gets a breath of fresh air. This format change was welcomed by rugby reporter Ben Coles, writing in the Telegraph that Two Sides “serves up another behind-the-scenes tale that packs a punch”. Two Sides is the latest in a long and critically acclaimed series of Lions Tour documentaries that includes the mould-breaking ‘Living with Lions’ released 25 years ago.īut unlike previous documentaries, this one stepped away from the traditional format to provide insight into both the Lions and Springbok camps as they dealt with the challenges provided by the hugely challenging backdrop of a global pandemic. ![]() He added: “The filming is of the highest quality so that you can really feel the intensity of the hits on the field of play and sense the many tensions off the pitch in both camps.” Writing in the Scotland Herald, Martin Hannan said: “The documentary about the British & Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa last year is quite simply the best documentary I have ever seen about rugby and indeed all sport – it really is up there with the extraordinary Senna about the life of the Brazilian motor racing legend, and that’s the biggest compliment I can pay.” Two Sides, the behind-the scenes documentary of the 2021 British & Irish Lions Tour of South Africa, has attracted rave reviews from critics and rugby fans around the world.Įxploring what transpired in both the Springbok and Lions camps during last year’s Tour, the fly-on-the-wall documentary was broadcast on ITV in three hour-long episodes.Īnd the reception to Two Sides has been overwhelmingly positive with in excess of 2m people viewing it so far.
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