2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia
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@Bovidae said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Farrell will obviously select the Irish team and fill in a few gaps. Choosing so many Irish replacement players (a third choice TH Prop FFS) is not a good look.
If he does that, he could lose the unloseable tour.
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British and Irish Lions: Andy Farrell calls up Scotland trio
The British & Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has called up Scotland trio Rory Sutherland, Ewan Ashman and Darcy Graham as injury cover.
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I sort of feel sorry for these guys. Yes they will be Lions but then again not really. Brought in to pad out the dirt trackers in a nothing game against scratch opposition purely because they are geographically convenient (OK Darcy aside who was unlucky in the first place), is not quite there really. A bit like not passing out on your Royal Marines Commando training but still wearing the regimental tie.
Edit: I am reminded of Steve Smith on the 1980 tour. Called in as a last minute injury replacement for the final test, sat on the bench and didn't play a single minute. Yeah he got his Lions blazer and tie but he would never wear them. Fortunately he got called up again on the 1983 tour and did play.
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@Bones said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Windows97 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
This tour is starting to look like a hideous blood-bath for the Aussies, a lack of top flight talent and an interium coach against a Lions team flying high on confidence it could get nasty quick in the test series.
Yeah, Israel isn't very popular at the moment I guess. I can't see how psytrance is either. Not a good combo.
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/420/the-thread-of-learning-something-new-every-day/819
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@Catogrande I feel so sorry for them, that I am willing to accept their wages straight into my bank account.
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@Bones said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Windows97 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
This tour is starting to look like a hideous blood-bath for the Aussies, a lack of top flight talent and an interium coach against a Lions team flying high on confidence it could get nasty quick in the test series.
Yeah, Israel isn't very popular at the moment I guess. I can't see how psytrance is either. Not a good combo.
I take it he wasn't on the ticket at Glastonbury this year??
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@NTA said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@mohikamo said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
guna be a had get 'cos they are only playing the 8th ranked team in the world
ahem
What the fuck ????
When did you chumps overtake Argentina and Scotland ?
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@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@NTA said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@mohikamo said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
guna be a had get 'cos they are only playing the 8th ranked team in the world
ahem
What the fuck ????
When did you chumps overtake Argentina and Scotland ?
When Scotland lost to Fiji and Argentina lost to England
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@KiwiMurph said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@NTA said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@mohikamo said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
guna be a had get 'cos they are only playing the 8th ranked team in the world
ahem
What the fuck ????
When did you chumps overtake Argentina and Scotland ?
When Scotland lost to Fiji and Argentina lost to England
Ah righto.
Yeah I'd erased the Fiji game from my memory. Sadly World Rugby didn't.
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by go i hope Bobby V is fit or it'll get ugly.
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@KiwiMurph said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
The word is Lynagh is going to play 10 on Saturday
I like it. Exciting.
First game in six weeks and first ever start in a Test match?
I really like Lynagh, but I don't think this is the time to be giving him that 10 jersey.
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@Mr-Fish said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@KiwiMurph said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
The word is Lynagh is going to play 10 on Saturday
I like it. Exciting.
First game in six weeks and first ever start in a Test match?
I really like Lynagh, but I don't think this is the time to be giving him that 10 jersey.
It's him or Donaldson. Edmed would have to be the world's best salesman to convince Schmidt that NPC rugby is the same as the Lions.
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@antipodean would definitely be starting Donaldson with either Lynagh or O'Connor on the bench. No need for Edmed.
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Squidge & pal’s take
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@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Bones said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande duh. Clive.
You're right. There's no substitute for experience.
True.
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