2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA
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@sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
B & I Lions tour going ahead. Squad to be in a bubble for two months. Squad to named on Thursday. Ben Youngs has ruled himself out for family reasons (wife pregnant).
not that he was going to go
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@mackerzzzz said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
B & I Lions tour going ahead. Squad to be in a bubble for two months. Squad to named on Thursday. Ben Youngs has ruled himself out for family reasons (wife pregnant).
not that he was going to go
Nope, he was one of the few that were written to officially to ask if they were happy to go with the 2 months in a bubble. Not gauranteed to go, but on what is a very short list
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He’s also on an even shorter list. That of father, sons/brothers to have beaten NZ.
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@bovidae said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Has Gatland confirmed the squad size yet? I suppose that is dependent on how many games are to be played.
Looks like the magic number is 36
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@sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@bovidae said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Has Gatland confirmed the squad size yet? I suppose that is dependent on how many games are to be played.
Looks like the magic number is 36
Some interesting selections in that article. And the original itinerary remains too.
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@bovidae said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@bovidae said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Has Gatland confirmed the squad size yet? I suppose that is dependent on how many games are to be played.
Looks like the magic number is 36
Some interesting selections in that article. And the original itinerary remains too.
Yeah you do wonder if some of those are realistic selections or just there to provoke discussion.
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@bovidae said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@bovidae said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Has Gatland confirmed the squad size yet? I suppose that is dependent on how many games are to be played.
Looks like the magic number is 36
Some interesting selections in that article. And the original itinerary remains too.
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Alun Wyn Jones will be unveiled on Thursday (Friday NZT) as the British and Irish Lions captain of a 36-man squad to face South Africa, which is set to include England exile Sam Simmonds.
Fat Billy to miss out to Simmonds.
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Anyone watching the stream? 45 minutes of babbling and the squad hasn't even been named yet.
I gave up after 10 minutes - I'll read the team list later.
Really not interested in 30 minute dialogues on what being a Lion means
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@gt12 said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@yeetyaah said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Anyone watching the stream? 45 minutes of babbling and the squad hasn't even been named yet.
Love the comments, every second comment is 'ZZZZZZZZ' 'Hurry the fuck up' or worse.
Love the BBC's comment: "And you thought Uefa could spin out a Champions League draw..."
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Here we go... No, wait. It's a word from our sponsors...
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Backs: Josh Adams, Bundee Aki, Dan Biggar, Elliot Daly, Gareth Davies, Owen Farrell, Chris Harris, Robbie Henshaw, Stuart Hogg, Conor Murray, Ali Price, Louis Rees-Zammit, Finn Russell, Duhan van der Merwe, Anthony Watson, Liam Williams.
No Sexton.
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The forwards are:
Tadhg Beirne, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jack Conan, Tom Curry, Zander Fageron, Tadhg Furlong, Jamie George, Iain Henderson, Jonny Hill, Maro Itoje, Alun Wyn Jones, Wyn Jones, Courtney Lawes, Ken Owens, Andrew Porter, Sam Simmonds, Rory Sutherland, Justin Tipuric, Mako Vunipola, Hamish Watson.
