Willie John McBride ( Ireland ) 1) SA 1962 2) NZ and AUST 1966 3) SA 1968 4) NZ 1971 5) SA 1974 Mike Gibson (Ireland ) 1) NZ and AUST 1966 2) SA 1968 3) NZ 1971 4) SA 1974 (as a replacement ) 5) NZ 1977 Yes, Rugby fan makes a good point about the infrequency of Lions tours in the modern era -- every 4 years. But surely McBride and Gibson should be given credit for their durability/form on being picked for Lions tours over a 11 and 12 year period.
Yes, it should be noted that the two players given by another answerer didn't play for sixteen years as you'd expect, the Lions tours were eratic during that era, some of them only being two years apart and three years apart, whereas today its a four year gap.
