Lions.

I wonder how it was ever possible for people to dislike the English?

Maybe we should ask Whirlysplat if he could shed some light on the conundrum?

Originally posted by baracustastic
I wonder how it was ever possible for people to dislike the English?

Maybe we should ask Whirlysplat if he could shed some light on the conundrum?

Hey I was best man at a Welsh Pals wedding in Cardiff last Feb 😄 I have nothing against the provinces 😄

Well overall, how do you think the Lions Team is going to play throughout the Tour from what you see so far?

From 1 game, with half the squad yet to play?

Hard to say anything.

ALthough the idea of splitting the squad in 2 is a very bad idea IMO. It effectively tells half the party that they haven't a prayer of playing in the big games. Crushing the moral and creating bad feelings.

This plan failed against the Aussies 4 years ago and NZ 12 years ago. The only tour in recent years not to adopt this approach was '97 against the World Champ South Africans. The much maligned and underrated Lions won the test series.

Originally posted by baracustastic
From 1 game, with half the squad yet to play?

Hard to say anything.

ALthough the idea of splitting the squad in 2 is a very bad idea IMO. It effectively tells half the party that they haven't a prayer of playing in the big games. Crushing the moral and creating bad feelings.

This plan failed against the Aussies 4 years ago and NZ 12 years ago. The only tour in recent years not to adopt this approach was '97 against the World Champ South Africans. The much maligned and underrated Lions won the test series.

Taranaki tommorrow we will know more then, New Zealand will always be hard to beat 😄 sadly, even for the mighty Lions 😄

what was the score today ?

i missed it DAMN SCHOOL 😠

36-14 to the Lions.

hodgson 4 pens, 2 cons

Murphy x 2, Horgan, Corry

Cussiter and Hodgson were the best players.

Owen, Murphy, Horgan all did well.

Forwards were a bit shit really. Got a hiding in the scrum and the rucking left a bit to be desired.

7-6 to Taranaki at HT.

Fitness told in the end.

Much improvement needed.

big game next against the Maori 8 fully capped NZ players in their team should be close

It was terrible, especially the kicking game, the backs lacked edge except O'Driscoll and Thompsons throwing was terrible.

well lets just say im proud of the NZ Maori Team. They played great and hard against the Mighty Lions. 13 - 19 to the NZ Maori Team.

Even though most of the points were made up by penalties.

One Try per team. Leon McDonald doing it for the NZ Maori and O'Driscoll I think for the Lions.

It kind of got boring for awhile. I love watching speed lol.. Felt sorry for Steve Walsh but the commentators said he likes that kind of stuff.. getting crap on both sides... I like Steve Walsh that hunky guy HA LOL..

Ok outside of the game.. I love singing the national NZ anthem in english and Maori. And the Haka was like heart stopping.. well for me.. its better then the ABz Haka i reckon..

BTW Graham Henry announced the AB team.. But I guess i should post that in the Official Rugby/Rugby League thread lol..

Terrible is a bit of an understatement i think.

it was more in the lines (or not in line 😄 ) of atrocious he couldn't pick out anyone.

on the plus side though Wales beat Canada 😄

Lets say were improving but is it quick eough, Shame Johnson retired we need a leader.

lucky to beat southland IMO

Hicky was awful.

Henson played well how aint he in the Test team.

I agree with you about Henson, he had a great game. Also the number 8 (not sure of his name but i believe he is Welsh) has impressed me. Wilkinson shouldn't be in the test team, he has only played one game and was AWOL for that one. Hogeson should be starting in the first test.
In all honesty though (and remember I'm English through and through) the All Blacks are going to destroy any team that Clive puts out there. They have been poor in every game, no creativity, no execution and no clue really. I hope they can prove me wrong, I'll be cheering for them on Saturday no matter what but it doesn't look good.

u mean Ryan Jones ?

yeah he had a great game.

i predicted the team for the 2nd test and i got it right so i hope they win/

I blame the Welsh, Scottish and Irish players 😄

Originally posted by whirlysplat
I blame the Welsh, Scottish and Irish players 😄

they have an english manager... so you can't blame others... o'driscoll got f*cking powerbombed and nothing happened...

You could blame the Scots........If the english fool of a coach had picked any of them. Woodward arsed it good n proper.

Was a dirty, needless tackle on O'Driscoll. Nutball Grewcock gets 2 months for biting some fingers and Umaga/muliawotshisface get **** all for spearing. Not the reason why the Lions got destroyed though.

NZ kicked ass, better players, better prepared, better coached.

As a Scot I feel distanced from the situation, unconnected.

Originally posted by baracustastic

NZ kicked ass, better players, better prepared, better coached.

yeah...

I agree.... BETTER players, prepared and coached.

Spare tackle? pfft thats just going into all that he said she said crap. We all saw it and it was a done deal. Suck it up and move on because that isnt supprising coming from Rugby. I feel sorry for O'Driscoll dont get me wrong but having a hit like that should have made Woodward want to beat the ABz even harder by training even harder.

Both teams played dirty in the first test but the spare tackle was a bang 1 2 3 job plus everyone has their own side to the story. Unfortunately and Lions player got injured but like I said thats how the sport goes. Its rough and can be a ***** but thats what makes fans like me love it more 😉

2nd Test, the Lions pulled out all stops and played a great game. Making those few changes made a difference. Unfortunately they still came out on the wrong side and lost 18-48 to the All Blacks.

Next Test this Saturday and next Lions game this Tuesday.

The Lions vs Auckland.

Go AUCKLAND!!!!