| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread 10:05 - Jul 23 with 7150 views | onehunglow |
OK ,I know it's another thread but the good Guv will delete if it offends in some way.
I like Lions tours.It sees the Welsh playing alongside the posh/privileged public school boys of England and the scions of Scottish borders farmers and the Irish boys too big for Hurling.
Now we see the Blacks and Coloured playing for Bokke rather than parking their cars or watering their lawns,they have a significant pool of talent.It's nuts really Apartheid saw these dumb jerks marginalise and brutalise the majority and only allow them to find coal for the Braai instead of sharing food and drink with them even at the same table .
Tomorrow sees another black Bokke captain in the magnificent Am. Terreblanche mut be turning in his grave or wwizzing around in that dust bowl in the Free State skies.
Any SA tour is brutal.I mean ,although we left them the game after kicking them out of the Cape,we left them rugby.Pretty magnaminous of us really.Tomorrow will be scary,trust me.Anti eggers or effete footballers,stick to synchronised swimming in the Olympics.
I predict Hogg will have a torrid time but I agree Sanjay shouldn't have played,if only to protect Waunarlydd' s bravest warrior if only from himself after being concussed last time out. Bokke aren't exactly forgiving folk-they haven't forgiven us for the concentration camps for the Boers we invented-and they would have targetted anjay's head from the kick off. Good luck Hogg.
It' s all about forwards though as anyone who has played the game will testify and tomorrow will see the Lions front up and they will. It might well not be enough though and I feel AWJ election is plain wrong. Eben ,Franco and the blond butcher Pieter Steph will be targetting his shoulder. They will be looking to snap it,make no mistake here.
Gatland has gone for size and power but I 'm not sure it'll work. We ''ll ee.
If the backs get the ball,Biggar will,no doubt,kick it half way up Table Mountain but if he gets it wrong,Cheslin Kolbe will be waiting to run at him and the others and simply take the pyss. This boy is beyond exciting. Ive not seen such talent since Lomu albeit in another guise..
The centre pairing is a weakness. IMO. Daly untried isn't smart and Henshaw is not 100% fit.He will need to be against De Allende and Am. Two great exponents of the position.
I only see Willy at full back as a real weakness.Past his best by some time althoigh still a class act.
Finally,I reflect on the days when in the sixties a Bokke team was literally and deservedly seen as poison and rightly so albeit one country we played . Imagine an international team due to play a regional team then and hour before kick off having it moved to another ground as demonstrators were suspected of having spread tacks all over the pitch. This game was transferred to New Brighton RFC . Days when black lads picked the oranges the players scoffed at half time but weren't allowed to play the in the same game.
Times like These
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 11:47 - Aug 1 with 855 views | trampie |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 11:41 - Aug 1 by max936 |
Think Trampie has confused himself, he's certainly confused me 
I think he did most definitely, him being a water carrier as well isn't very sporting either, shows his mentality, but if rules say he can do it, so we can't really blame him for taking advantage of the rule. |
Rassie influenced the officials in as much as redressing the balance from pro Lions to no bias. |  |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 11:49 - Aug 1 with 851 views | Catullus |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 11:31 - Aug 1 by trampie |
If only half of the 50-50 calls had gone the Boks way they would have won the first test, Rassie ensured that the Lions did not get all the close calls in the second test by listing bad call after bad call in the first test and asking for fair play, previously prior to the first test Gats cleverly raised concerns with the British press about the tmo being South African knowing it would put pressure on the tmo to be sympathetic to the Lions otherwise Gats would have called him out after the event.
I wonder if the Boks are 10,12,15 points better than the Lions in a game where the 50-50 calls are 50-50, or did the Lions just have a bad day at the office, perhaps we will know after the third test. |
Nobody can possibly know how a game would have gone if a 50-50 call went the other way, as soon as you change that you change the entire course of the game, it's all different after that, it's impossible to say.
The TMO is South African, there isn't a team in the world that wouldn't have raised concerns about an official being from the same place as the opposition.
If the British press are "all powerful" how did Erasmus manage to influence the officials?
A 50-50 call is just that on the spot, a team could get every 50-50 call and it would still be a 50-50 call. What is more important is that the right call is made and we can call them 50-50 but there are rarely any genuince 50-50's, there is always something to tip it one way or the other.
Take Cheslin Kolbe yesterday, would he have been yellow carded if Itoje hadn't pushed him over after the event? Did Itoje's action give the referee an excuse? Would the ref have needed to sin bin Itoje too? We can't possibly know the answers, we can only speculate. I doubt if the ref will talk about it.
PS Gats didn';t cleverly raise concerns, he did what he always does, put ind games out there to try and gain influence, then Erasmus did the same thing and guess what, neither of them are working for the media. It's what managers/coaches do these days. Then the media reported on what both managers/coaches said. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 11:57 - Aug 1 with 836 views | trampie |
Checking the odds Boks are favourites for the 3rd test. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 12:06 - Aug 1 with 824 views | union_jack |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 11:57 - Aug 1 by trampie |
Checking the odds Boks are favourites for the 3rd test. |
That's made your Sunday then! |  |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 12:30 - Aug 1 with 807 views | trampie |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 12:06 - Aug 1 by union_jack |
That's made your Sunday then! |
No I would prefer it the other way around.  | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 12:39 - Aug 1 with 791 views | max936 |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 11:57 - Aug 1 by trampie |
Checking the odds Boks are favourites for the 3rd test. |
Well, that's hardly a surprise is it, they totally bossed the game yesterday, major work needed to overturn an 18pt win to win the 3rd test.
I blame Gatland for yesterday, we were totally disjointed at times yesterday, team selection was wrong, Hogg at Fullback didn't work, back row didn't work Itoje was mostly carried through the game by AWJ, but it was at centre that caused the most concern. |  |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 13:48 - Aug 1 with 764 views | onehunglow |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 12:39 - Aug 1 by max936 |
Well, that's hardly a surprise is it, they totally bossed the game yesterday, major work needed to overturn an 18pt win to win the 3rd test.
I blame Gatland for yesterday, we were totally disjointed at times yesterday, team selection was wrong, Hogg at Fullback didn't work, back row didn't work Itoje was mostly carried through the game by AWJ, but it was at centre that caused the most concern. |
Sanjay not starting was key.Mammoth mistake.
Wings Watson and Adams should be the wing pairing.Not selecting Adams nonsensical.
Centres are poor.Henshaw is there on reputation and nowhere near good enough .
Scrum half is weak too with Hurray,a busted flush who wasnt really THAT great.Price has played better but is not top class and Gareth Davies aint good enough.
Lions looked well beaten and it surprised me tbh. We been rumbled. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 14:42 - Aug 1 with 744 views | krunchykarrot |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 13:48 - Aug 1 by onehunglow |
Sanjay not starting was key.Mammoth mistake.
Wings Watson and Adams should be the wing pairing.Not selecting Adams nonsensical.
Centres are poor.Henshaw is there on reputation and nowhere near good enough .
Scrum half is weak too with Hurray,a busted flush who wasnt really THAT great.Price has played better but is not top class and Gareth Davies aint good enough.
Lions looked well beaten and it surprised me tbh. We been rumbled. |
Thats about right OHL this coupled with Wyn Jones missing from the front row. Hogg was useless yesterday always got a mistake in him. Adams definately needs to start. We lost the game in the air where Biggar and Henshaw are strong. |  | | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 19:50 - Aug 1 with 681 views | onehunglow |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 14:42 - Aug 1 by krunchykarrot |
Thats about right OHL this coupled with Wyn Jones missing from the front row. Hogg was useless yesterday always got a mistake in him. Adams definately needs to start. We lost the game in the air where Biggar and Henshaw are strong. |
I'm clueless with football though but I'm the people's favourite poster | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:06 - Aug 1 with 674 views | Catullus |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 19:50 - Aug 1 by onehunglow |
I'm clueless with football though but I'm the people's favourite poster |
Now you mention it, whatever happened to the POTY? Who won? Or was it abandoned due to lack of interest?
I still think Keith should have won. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:07 - Aug 1 with 674 views | britferry |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 19:50 - Aug 1 by onehunglow |
I'm clueless with football though but I'm the people's favourite poster |
you are very popular on the Swans forums, that's for sure | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:14 - Aug 1 with 671 views | britferry |
Lions prop Kyle Sinckler has been cited for an alleged bite during Saturday's second Test defeat by South Africa, World Rugby has announced.
The incident is alleged to have taken place during a ruck in the 64th minute of the 27-9 loss at Cape Town Stadium.
Sinckler, 28, could face a minimum 12-week ban if the citing is upheld at a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:16 - Aug 1 with 670 views | onehunglow |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:07 - Aug 1 by britferry |
you are very popular on the Swans forums, that's for sure |
Wouldn't say "popular" just memorable.
I kill off usernames and people reply 10 years later. No other poster can claim such notoriety.
Right now,in some dark corner in a darker valley small town, keyboards will be banged upon and abused.
Fact is I am grateful to still be around to read all the crap ,many poster are not.
Nothing else matters.
We should all want to kill each other but until that day comes we should simple accept we can all be wrong. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:22 - Aug 1 with 669 views | britferry |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:16 - Aug 1 by onehunglow |
Wouldn't say "popular" just memorable.
I kill off usernames and people reply 10 years later. No other poster can claim such notoriety.
Right now,in some dark corner in a darker valley small town, keyboards will be banged upon and abused.
Fact is I am grateful to still be around to read all the crap ,many poster are not.
Nothing else matters.
We should all want to kill each other but until that day comes we should simple accept we can all be wrong. |
there are sad individuals out there who seem obsessed with you!
Its quite funny really | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:41 - Aug 1 with 667 views | onehunglow |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:22 - Aug 1 by britferry |
there are sad individuals out there who seem obsessed with you!
Its quite funny really |
You have to understand I'm not a guy one would forget in a hurray.
Some see me as "strange " or "weird",normally the more simply souls who lead shallow sheltered lives.
I have never denied ever I can be a capricious ,volatile and confrontational bugger but thoe who really know me love me really-in a manly way of course.
I'm the humblest chap you could find  | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 08:33 - Aug 2 with 610 views | trampie |
Lots of people calling for the Lions team to be filled full of Welsh players for the final test. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 08:36 - Aug 2 with 605 views | onehunglow |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 08:33 - Aug 2 by trampie |
Lots of people calling for the Lions team to be filled full of Welsh players for the final test. |
Certainly Sanjay and Adams. Madness they weren’t selected really .
Falatau too seems hard done by.
We are very weak at 9 ,12,13 and frankly not great at 10 really.
Big call for Gatland this week. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 08:44 - Aug 2 with 595 views | trampie |
Is it now too late has the momentum gone too much towards the Bok ?, should the strongest nations players from last season in the six Nations Wales filled the Lions test team for all the tests on mass ? | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 19:58 - Aug 2 with 518 views | max936 |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 08:44 - Aug 2 by trampie |
Is it now too late has the momentum gone too much towards the Bok ?, should the strongest nations players from last season in the six Nations Wales filled the Lions test team for all the tests on mass ? |
To many steady eddie's in last Saturdays squad, very little creativity, need to find some dynamism from somewhere, back row and at three quarters. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:41 - Aug 2 with 513 views | britferry |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 19:58 - Aug 2 by max936 |
To many steady eddie's in last Saturdays squad, very little creativity, need to find some dynamism from somewhere, back row and at three quarters. |
I agree, I wouldn't mind seeing Finn Russell at 10 and wait for it, Farrell at 12 (for his goal kicking mainly) especially if Liam Williams is full-back.
Adams is a must too
Shame Tips is injured, I'd love to see him openside, I think Curry is well out of his depth. Faletau at 8, get Wyn Jones in the 23 too | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 22:19 - Aug 2 with 493 views | max936 |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:41 - Aug 2 by britferry |
I agree, I wouldn't mind seeing Finn Russell at 10 and wait for it, Farrell at 12 (for his goal kicking mainly) especially if Liam Williams is full-back.
Adams is a must too
Shame Tips is injured, I'd love to see him openside, I think Curry is well out of his depth. Faletau at 8, get Wyn Jones in the 23 too |
Jiffy's opinions on the way the game is going and he's right, aimless box kicking killed us Saturday, we don't want to be kicking ball away to them, virtually every time we did Saturday they run it back at us and we usually ended up giving penalties away.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/jonathan-davies-demands-wor | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 22:27 - Aug 2 with 489 views | theloneranger |
World Rugby have said ...
That director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus and SA Rugby will face an independent misconduct hearing concerning comments made about the performance of officials during the British Lions Test series. |  |
| Everyday above ground ... Is a good day! 😎 |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 16:31 - Aug 3 with 410 views | Professor |
Six changes for Saturday. Owens, Wyn Jones, Josh Adams, Liam Williams, Ali Price and Aki in. Beard, Simmonds and Finn Russell on the bench. Hogg, Harris, Faletau and Farrell all out of the 23. Other than the front row, the pack is the same, but changes in the backs with Van de Merwe, Henshaw (with positional change) and Biggar retuned. Murray, Daly, Vuinipola and Cowan Dickie drop to bench. | | | |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 16:52 - Aug 3 with 408 views | max936 |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 16:31 - Aug 3 by Professor |
Six changes for Saturday. Owens, Wyn Jones, Josh Adams, Liam Williams, Ali Price and Aki in. Beard, Simmonds and Finn Russell on the bench. Hogg, Harris, Faletau and Farrell all out of the 23. Other than the front row, the pack is the same, but changes in the backs with Van de Merwe, Henshaw (with positional change) and Biggar retuned. Murray, Daly, Vuinipola and Cowan Dickie drop to bench. |
No changes in the back row, should have been the first place they looked at, it just didn't work last Saturday, Hamish Watson and Faletau should be starting or at least on bench, with Bernie Starting, Chris Harris is unlucky did ok when he came on as well. | |
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| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 18:36 - Aug 3 with 393 views | builthjack |
| Boks v Lions : The Hung Preview & Matchday Thread on 20:06 - Jul 31 by builthjack |
My good friend Wyn Jones has to come in if fit. It looks like he will be.
Then we can have a hell of a sesh at his wedding on his return.
Come on Wyn boy. |
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