WE'LL SCHOE HOW MUCH WE CARE

South Africa-born Pierre on the Lions pride of the foreign legion

- FROM ADAM HATHAWAY

PROP Pierre Schoeman - born in South Africa - reckons the Lions' foreign legion are as proud as any other player on tour to be wearing the red jersey.

The Scotland international is one of eight of the Lions' 38 players born in either Australia, South Africa or New Zealand - a number which former skipper Willie John McBride said 'bothered' him.

Australian-born front rower Finlay Bealham is eligible through his grandparents, Sione Tuipulotu has a Scottish grandmother, while Schoeman, at Edinburgh since 2018, makes it under the old three-year residency rule, which has since increased to five years.