Lions Tour To Australia 2013

[superheavyrhun]

Nobody talking about the Lions so far. In case anyone could have possibly missed the fact that I was in Mexico....yes, Mexico, I've just got in a couple of hours ago, and going to watch the first three games back to back so I can get my body clock back to UK time too.

I'm hopeful it'll have a strong Welsh influence, and they really should batter the Baa-baas in the first game, and start with the skeleton of the team that will be in the first test. Back in a while.

[ryanman]

Do you want me to ruin it by telling you all 3 scores?

[superheavyrhun]

ive got a good idea of the results anyway, my view on the first team is yhat owen farrell wont be there, while jutin tipuroc has teally put his hand up.

[ryanman]

ive got a good idea of the results anyway, my view on the first team is yhat owen farrell wont be there, while jutin tipuroc has teally put his hand up.

Yeah Sexton will start at Flyhalf.
Tipuric is a quality player and will probably start. But the backrow is full of quality options. Some really good players will miss out. On form it would probably be Warburton but as he's captain he has to play.
Centres are really hard to pick too, O'Driscoll, Davies, Roberts, Tuilagi. I think I'd go with Tuilagi to bash the holes an O'Driscoll to run through them.

North is nailed on to start, as is Halfpenny at Fullback.

[superheavyrhun]

Well, I had to take a 90 minute nap after watching the first game, but determined to stay awake into the second one.

I reckon the interesting positions will be 6, 7 and 8, and personally I'd like to put Warburton over to blind side flanker, while having Tipuric at 7 and Heaslip at 8. Has Johnny Wilkinson received his injury call-up yet? I don't think Gats would want to see Farrell going in as the main fly half support for the test series, he should have got yellow carded, had two kicks charged down and wasn't especially reliable kicking wise just in that first game.

[Andre]

Fuck this ,how was Mexico?

[superheavyrhun]

Well, my cunning plan to beat jet lag and watch all three lions games failed at half time during the second game, and now I have a fascinating problem called 5.30am. This is only really something I've ever dealt with after a night out before, or really bad insomnia, but I've already taken the bins out and checked my electric meter is still in credit.

I'll start going through some photos in a while.

Anyway @Andre are you going to any of the games? I know a couple of friends who emigrated to Perth saw the Western Force game, and are trying to justify the prices of flying over to the east coast for a test match. Do they come anywhere near you at all, or are you in a rugby league (cough, spit) or Ossie rules part of the country?

[Andre]

Im in the state where Aussie rules rules mate.

[superheavyrhun]

Im in the state where Aussie rules rules mate.

My sympathies. Watch some proper sport on your TV over the next few weeks. The only benefit of Aussie Rules is that, like the NFL, the world champions are always Australian.

Just watched the second half of the Western Force game, and a few stand out performances again. Tom Croft and Sean O'Brien put their hands up, but I though Geoff Parling did well when he came on, and once again Owen Farrell showing why he'll be playing the mid week games. Halfpenny is nailed on for full back both with his kicking and with Kearney out, while O'Driscoll was lively and Heaslip looked good when he came on.

[X]

Wales The Lions are doing pretty well so far

[X]

Halfpenny
North
Bowe
O'Driscoll
Roberts
Sexton
Phillips
Faletau
Warburton (Tipuric on at 60 minutes)
Lydiate
O'Connell (Wynn Jones on at 60 minutes)
Croft
Best
Hibbard
Jones

[Master]

Can't wait for the football season to start and next year we get the world cup in Brazil.

[ryanman]

Halfpenny
North
Bowe
O'Driscoll
Roberts
Sexton
Phillips
Faletau
Warburton (Tipuric on at 60 minutes)
Lydiate
O'Connell (Wynn Jones on at 60 minutes)
Croft
Best
Hibbard
Jones

You're definitely Welsh.

15 Halfpenny
14 Bowe (Now out with injury so Cuthbert)
13 O'Driscoll
12 Tuilagi
11 North
10 Sexton
9 Youngs
8 Heaslip
7 Tipuric/ Warb
6 Croft / Lydiate
5 Parling
4 AW Jones
3 Vunipola
2 Best
1 Jones

[ryanman]

Ok, Rory Best will not be starting at Hooker after today's game. Awful. He has played himself out this tour. Tom Youngs has done well and will start I think.

[superheavyrhun]

Ok, Rory Best will not be starting at Hooker after today's game. Awful. He has played himself out this tour. Tom Youngs has done well and will start I think.

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personally i'd have hibbard in there instead of youngs, but frankly none of the hookers have been outstanding.

couldn't believe they brought shane williams back for a lions swansong!