2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia
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@Bones said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Canes4life I'm not sure what the go on him is these days, but Donaldson has been their best 10 in SR.
Yeah agreed, Donaldson has been good for the Force. One thing that might count against him is not having the opportunity to play finals.
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@Bovidae said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Daly is the utility who can play in most backline positions.
Freeman too
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@Bones said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Tim yeah I'm mildly surprised there's only 3 10's. An injury midweek could leave them sweating a bit.
There's space in the squad for two more, it was intimated that one was for Owen, but he's just back from injury. So they'll see how he goes, and maybe it'll be him or ford or someone else
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Anyone know when the Wallabies are naming their squad? And if so, how many players will be selected.
Based on what I’ve seen this year and an assumption that 34 players will be selected I have picked my Wallabies squad below.
Props: Angus Bell, Allan Alaalatoa, James Slipper, Taniela Tupou, Tom Robertson, Isaac Kailea
Hookers: Billy Pollard, Matt Faessler, Brandon Paenga-Amosa
Locks: Jeremy Williams, Nick Frost, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Darcy Swain
Loose forwards: Harry Wilson, Fraser McReight, Carlo Tizzano, Rob Valetini, Rob Leota, Tom Hooper
Halfbacks: Jake Gordon, Tate McDermott, Nic White
First fives: Noah Lolesio, Ben Donaldson, James O’Connor (Lynagh just misses out for me because of O’Connor’s experience and versatility as a bench option).
Centres: Hunter Paisami, Len Ikitau, Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii, Filipo Daugunu
Outside backs: Tom Wright, Andrew Kellaway, Harry Potter, Max Jorgensen, Corey Toole
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@Canes4life said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Anyone know when the Wallabies are naming their squad? And if so, how many players will be selected.
Based on what I’ve seen this year and an assumption that 34 players will be selected I have picked my Wallabies squad below.
Props: Angus Bell, Allan Alaalatoa, James Slipper, Taniela Tupou, Tom Robertson, Isaac Kailea
Hookers: Billy Pollard, Matt Faessler, Brandon Paenga-Amosa
Locks: Jeremy Williams, Nick Frost, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Darcy Swain
Loose forwards: Harry Wilson, Fraser McReight, Carlo Tizzano, Rob Valetini, Rob Leota, Tom Hooper
Halfbacks: Jake Gordon, Tate McDermott, Nic White
First fives: Noah Lolesio, Ben Donaldson, James O’Connor (Lynagh just misses out for me because of O’Connor’s experience and versatility as a bench option).
Centres: Hunter Paisami, Len Ikitau, Joseph Aukuso-Suaalii, Filipo Daugunu
Outside backs: Tom Wright, Andrew Kellaway, Harry Potter, Max Jorgensen, Corey Toole
Not a bad group of players. Aussie rugby is starting to look good again..
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Possible Lions Test team
Porter
Kelleher
Fagerson
Itoje (c)
Beirne
Conan
Pollock
Earl
Gibson-Park
Russell
Van Der Merwe
Tuipolutu
H. Jones
Freeman
KinghornCowan-Dickie
Genge
Furlong
Ryan
T. Curry
A.Mitchell
F. Smith
Daly -
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@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Possible Lions Test team
Porter
Kelleher
Fagerson
Itoje (c)
Beirne
Conan
Pollock
Earl
Gibson-Park
Russell
Van Der Merwe
Tuipolutu
H. Jones
Freeman
KinghornCowan-Dickie
Genge
Furlong
Ryan
T. Curry
A.Mitchell
F. Smith
DalyOnly six Scots starting ?
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@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Possible Lions Test team
Porter
Kelleher
Fagerson
Itoje (c)
Beirne
Conan
Pollock
Earl
Gibson-Park
Russell
Van Der Merwe
Tuipolutu
H. Jones
Freeman
KinghornCowan-Dickie
Genge
Furlong
Ryan
T. Curry
A.Mitchelle Scotland team
F. Smith
DalyOnly six Scots starting ?
Yes difficult to take that seriously. You don’t get that many Scots starting in the Scotland team.
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@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Possible Lions Test team
Porter
Kelleher
Fagerson
Itoje (c)
Beirne
Conan
Pollock
Earl
Gibson-Park
Russell
Van Der Merwe
Tuipolutu
H. Jones
Freeman
KinghornCowan-Dickie
Genge
Furlong
Ryan
T. Curry
A.Mitchelle Scotland team
F. Smith
DalyOnly six Scots starting ?
Yes difficult to take that seriously. You don’t get that many Scots starting in the Scotland team.
Mods mark that one for post of the year
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@Canes4life said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
First fives: Noah Lolesio, Ben Donaldson, James O’Connor (Lynagh just misses out for me because of O’Connor’s experience and versatility as a bench option).
This Lolesio injury could answer a lot of questions for Aussie fans. Surely it’s Donaldson, JOC and Lynagh now. If not, do they take a flyer on Creighton from the Tahs? Bit of a fall off from there
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@Dan54 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Interested to hear, that Lions have to more or less sign of the NZ/PI/Indigenous team that they play against.
Where did you hear that rumour?
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@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Possible Lions Test team
Porter
Kelleher
Fagerson
Itoje (c)
Beirne
Conan
Pollock
Earl
Gibson-Park
Russell
Van Der Merwe
Tuipolutu
H. Jones
Freeman
KinghornCowan-Dickie
Genge
Furlong
Ryan
T. Curry
A.Mitchell
F. Smith
DalySheehan would be my first choice hooker while James Ryan would not feature in the 23s. I guess Lowe will get Farrell's preference over Van der Merwe.
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@antipodean said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Dan54 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Interested to hear, that Lions have to more or less sign of the NZ/PI/Indigenous team that they play against.
Where did you hear that rumour?
I can't even understand what the rumour is supposed to be?
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@Bones said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@antipodean said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Dan54 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Interested to hear, that Lions have to more or less sign of the NZ/PI/Indigenous team that they play against.
Where did you hear that rumour?
I can't even understand what the rumour is supposed to be?
Sign off for the difficulty of the fixture?
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Not quite sure where to post this, but it is Lions related. One of the finest coaches of all and one of the few players who rose above the shit-storm that was the '77 Lions and left plenty of friends behind in NZ. link here
“I remember when Warren Gatland came on tour with us in 2009, he said early on that he had seen something outside of New Zealand that he never thought he would see. ‘I have seen British and Irish players look at a jersey the way a New Zealand player would look at the All Black jersey.’
Sir Ian McGeechan: ‘I have prostate cancer’
Telegraph Sport columnist and ‘Lion King’ on dealing with diagnosis and why squad announcement week is particularly emotional
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@Landers92 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Canes4life said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
First fives: Noah Lolesio, Ben Donaldson, James O’Connor (Lynagh just misses out for me because of O’Connor’s experience and versatility as a bench option).
This Lolesio injury could answer a lot of questions for Aussie fans. Surely it’s Donaldson, JOC and Lynagh now. If not, do they take a flyer on Creighton from the Tahs? Bit of a fall off from there
If Lolesio is out, surely that’s the three 10s they pick. Is there anyone overseas atm that can get the gig?
