Lions v British & Irish Lions
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British and Irish Lions: 15 Stuart Hogg (captain), 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price,
8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Jamie George, 1 Wyn Jones.
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Bundee Aki, 23 Elliot Daly. -
True to his word, Gatland giving everyone a game asap
BIL will be too strong for Lions but the scoreline is less important than the manner in which the points are scored.
Individual moments of flair against average and tiring opposition not as important as creating space for others and clinical support running, passing, and finishing.
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Lions: 15 EW Viljoen, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Rabz Maxwane, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Dillon Smit, 8 Francke Horn (captain), 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Pieter Botha, 1 Nathan McBeth.
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Sithembiso Sithole, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Ruhan Straeuli, 20 Emmanuel Tshituka, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Fred Zeilinga, 23 Dan Kriel. -
@bones said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
I realise that, still think it's a stupid idea
I don't recognise a single SA Lions name, should be a spanking. They won't be as jet lagged as they were in Whangarei 4 years ago
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Gatland's comments on the 10/12 combo
“Owen has a huge amount of experience. Third tour, captain of England as well, so he is adding a lot to the environment, and then Finn has a slightly different way of playing. “He has matured amazingly the last few years in terms of his game management and the way he controls the game and we know what flair he has from an attacking perspective, and also it’s just little deft attacking kicks that he is able to bring to his game. “I thought against France the way that he managed that game and his kicking game control was outstanding. It’s pretty exciting to have a look at that combination. We do want to have a look at Owen at ten at some stage as well and give him an opportunity there because that is where he has been picked, but we know that he is equally comfortable in the twelve position." -
@machpants said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
I realise that, still think it's a stupid idea
Didn't really work for Scotland eh.
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@bones said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@machpants said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
I realise that, still think it's a stupid idea
Didn't really work for Scotland eh.
Yup
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Luke Cowan-Dickie is on the bench this week
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@duluth said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
Luke Cowan-Dickie Is on the bench this week
Ah thanks, I wasn't sure who 'Luke' was
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@duluth said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
Absolute joke
And far more instrumental in long term damage IMHO
Time to bring back mandatory 3-week lay off
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@duluth said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
Clearly, Luke Cowan-Dickie shouldn't be playing Rugby for a few weeks. Very worrying indeed that the British and Irish Lions management are willing to jeopardise the long-term health of one of their players. Poor form. I hope they think again and he doesn't take the field.
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@sparky said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@duluth said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
Clearly, Luke Cowan-Dickie shouldn't be playing Rugby for a few weeks. Very worrying indeed that the British and Irish Lions management are willing to jeopardise the long-term health of one of their players. Poor form. I hope they think again and he doesn't take the field.
They’re not passing him fit though are they?
Surely it’s his employers who are ‘sub- contracting’ him to BIL
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@mikethesnow said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@sparky said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@duluth said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
Clearly, Luke Cowan-Dickie shouldn't be playing Rugby for a few weeks. Very worrying indeed that the British and Irish Lions management are willing to jeopardise the long-term health of one of their players. Poor form. I hope they think again and he doesn't take the field.
They’re not passing him fit though are they?
Surely it’s his employers who are ‘sub- contracting’ him to BIL
And the BIL coaches who clearly don’t give a fuck.
That’s wrong and they should be ashamed of themselves.
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@gt12 said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@mikethesnow said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@sparky said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@duluth said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
Clearly, Luke Cowan-Dickie shouldn't be playing Rugby for a few weeks. Very worrying indeed that the British and Irish Lions management are willing to jeopardise the long-term health of one of their players. Poor form. I hope they think again and he doesn't take the field.
They’re not passing him fit though are they?
Surely it’s his employers who are ‘sub- contracting’ him to BIL
And the BIL coaches who clearly don’t give a fuck.
That’s wrong and they should be ashamed of themselves.
Look we both agree that he shouldn’t be playing but once he’s passed his club’s protocols, what the policy and culpability after that?
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@mikethesnow said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@gt12 said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@mikethesnow said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@sparky said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
@duluth said in Lions v British & Irish Lions:
Clearly, Luke Cowan-Dickie shouldn't be playing Rugby for a few weeks. Very worrying indeed that the British and Irish Lions management are willing to jeopardise the long-term health of one of their players. Poor form. I hope they think again and he doesn't take the field.
They’re not passing him fit though are they?
Surely it’s his employers who are ‘sub- contracting’ him to BIL
And the BIL coaches who clearly don’t give a fuck.
That’s wrong and they should be ashamed of themselves.
Look we both agree that he shouldn’t be playing but once he’s passed his club’s protocols, what the policy and culpability after that?
Being a human being who gives a fuck about whether someone, who is in your responsibility, being able to remember their grandkid’s names in the future?
