Biggar has been excellent. He’s in the form of his life
Rugby Union 21/22/23 Discussion | RWC time!
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Owen Farrell is on. Keep your shoulders to yourself, Mr Farrell.
That's quite poor defence there
Nice try Himeno.
Japan playing well in the last 20 or so of this match.
They're doing well. They're always great to watch.
That was a pretty costly warm-up match.
Who’s gonna get the call ups if tipuric is also out
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Conor Murray the new captain, with Adam Beard and Josh Navidi in for Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric respectively. Hard to believe why Adam Beard is in there ahead of James Ryan and Jonny Gray, other than the fact that he is Welsh.
Murray's form has been sketchy enough that I feel he has more to be worrying about than learning to captain for the first time. Not sure he's ever even captained Munster, let alone the bloody Lions.
But I guess there aren't many nailed on starters who could've taken on the armband. I was sure it would be Ken Owens to be honest but the fact he and Owen Farrell didn't get it, suggests they are maybe not guaranteed first choice in Gatland's mind.
Adam Beard over Jonny Gray is nuts. I'd have even had an off form James Ryan ahead of Beard if you weren't taking Gray.
But I guess there aren't many nailed on starters who could've taken on the armband. I was sure it would be Ken Owens to be honest but the fact he and Owen Farrell didn't get it, suggests they are maybe not guaranteed first choice in Gatland's mind.
Adam Beard over Jonny Gray is nuts. I'd have even had an off form James Ryan ahead of Beard if you weren't taking Gray.
I'm sure the coaches and players know who the leaders in the group are. I'm just amazed this is his 3rd lions tour. Will the lions tour games against the springboks be on TV in the UK?
You would think so, but then these are the same coaches who think Adam Beard is a better option to call up than Jonny Gray, James Ryan or George Kruis.
All the tour matches will be on Sky Sports.
Nice one. Will look forward to them next month. I suppose the picks indicate the way Gatland expects to play. It was a surprise not to bring Sexton too, one of the best players in the world left out because of some inconsistent form during a pandemic.
Sexton has been an amazing player, but he's broken. I'm not confident he would've survived the first training session before being sent home on a stretcher.
Jonny Gray should definitely have gone, mad that he hasn’t been called up as a replacement. The captaincy is a tough call, thought they might have gone for Hogg but maybe he’s lost his place to Williams.
I thought about Hogg, but I guess the fact that he's missed these first few weeks and the initial team bonding, they might have thought it was a poor fit for him to suddenly come in as captain over a settled squad.
Yea, he seems to be prone at the minute but I think he also went through a phase like that when he went to toulouse.
The first test between Australia and France on Wednesday July 7 has been moved from the Sydney Cricket Ground to Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
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Ruh roh.
It's not 10 days isolation is it?
That would practically be their entire warm up schedule out the window.
The man should be thinking of retirement instead of a lion's tour he's 36 and a walking talking concussion waiting to happen.
Its certainly a big spanner in the works. I hope this tour doesn't end up being a farce. They probably should have played a series in a country with a low level of the virus.
Vincent Koch, Sbu Nkosi and Herschel Jantjies are the players who have tested positive to co-vid.
Looks like James Ryan was injured in Ireland training and that was one of the reasons he missed out once the boys were injured
Finally watched the Gallagher Premiership final. What a match! Chuffed for Quins who have been a great story this season. Nearly 3 decades after Michael Lynagh left Twickenham with a World Cup winners medal, Louis Lynagh plays a key role in his Quins team becoming Premiership champions.
The All Blacks beat a severely undermanned Tonga 102-0 in Auckland but not at Eden Park (Mt Smart Stadium to be specific). I only checked the score every now and then. Needless to say the All Blacks will put this result in perspective.
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Fecking hell!!!
That's an insane scoreline.
Ireland about to take on Japan now. I'm fairly bleh about it because it looks like another missed opportunity to give our form players and new talent a chance.
JGP at 9 again
That's an insane scoreline.
Ireland about to take on Japan now. I'm fairly bleh about it because it looks like another missed opportunity to give our form players and new talent a chance.
JGP at 9 again
Fecking hell!!!
That's an insane scoreline.
Ireland about to take on Japan now. I'm fairly bleh about it because it looks like another missed opportunity to give our form players and new talent a chance.
JGP at 9 again
During the match they mentioned that Tonga was missing 20 players for various reasons - mainly the need to quarantine and European clubs not releasing their players. Had that been different, we might have seen a margin in the mid 60's. Who are some Irish chaps to keep and eye on?
Also, the British and Irish Lions will take on the Golden Lions at Ellis Park in a few hours time. Not sure the tour matches will be tough as there won't be any Springboks involved. You may recognise the last name of Straeuli in the Golden Lions team. Ruhan Straeuli is the son of former Springbok Rudolph Straeuli who won a super 10 tite and two Currie Cup titles with Transvaal and something called the Rugby World Cup and is now the General manager of rugby and commercial for the Golden Lions.
4 scrum halfs to pick from and he picks the worst one, blade should of for a shot in this one, and then there is the picking of POM is pointless your learning nothing about this player, should of been Coombes, because you are going to learn feck all from playing them against the yanks next weekFecking hell!!!
That's an insane scoreline.
Ireland about to take on Japan now. I'm fairly bleh about it because it looks like another missed opportunity to give our form players and new talent a chance.
JGP at 9 again
Not a good first kick from JGP.
Doris is one of the future folks to watch. James Ryan didn't get the Lions call-up and may feel he has a point to prove. Casey is touted as our future 9 (though I really, really wanted Blade to get a go today). Coombes could get his first cap today.
Yeah I am so gutted for Blade. I don't know how much Connacht ye watch, but he's been phenomenal.
He's now gone a full season deservedly keeping Marmion out of the team.
He's quick, smart, and always liable to do something outrageous like a turnover he has no right to win or a breakaway try.
It's just all very deflating, isn't it? They seem terrified of building for the future.
Japan score from a rolling maul!
Was that not the best match you’ve watched in….forever? Honestly anyone in this thread who didn’t watch it, find the full match replay, it was absolutely superb.
On to the lions today, bang up for it, exciting line up for me with grunt up front and pace behind.
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