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B&I Lions 2017

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  • CrucialC Crucial

    His name is Fekitoa not Vaquita FFS and why does it matter how many of his family are left in the world?

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    @Crucial said in B&I Lions 2017:

    His name is Fekitoa not Vaquita FFS and why does it matter how many of his family are left in the world?

    i really hope you were looking for that tongue in cheek emoji...

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    • CatograndeC Catogrande

      @Crucial said in B&I Lions 2017:

      His name is Fekitoa not Vaquita FFS and why does it matter how many of his family are left in the world?

      i really hope you were looking for that tongue in cheek emoji...

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      @Catogrande said in B&I Lions 2017:

      @Crucial said in B&I Lions 2017:

      His name is Fekitoa not Vaquita FFS and why does it matter how many of his family are left in the world?

      i really hope you were looking for that tongue in cheek emoji...

      No. I was too busy looking up when the World Wrestling Federation changed their logo to a panda and why they are concerned about an endangered rugby player

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      • CrucialC Crucial

        @Catogrande said in B&I Lions 2017:

        @Crucial said in B&I Lions 2017:

        His name is Fekitoa not Vaquita FFS and why does it matter how many of his family are left in the world?

        i really hope you were looking for that tongue in cheek emoji...

        No. I was too busy looking up when the World Wrestling Federation changed their logo to a panda and why they are concerned about an endangered rugby player

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        @Crucial Good. You might need to dial down on the subtlety in future.

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          Fake news. Malikai is one of 16 siblings, so I reckon if you add in cousins there must be plenty more than 30 Vaquitas left.

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          • CrucialC Crucial

            His name is Fekitoa not Vaquita FFS and why does it matter how many of his family are left in the world?

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            @Crucial said in B&I Lions 2017:

            His name is Fekitoa not Vaquita FFS and why does it matter how many of his family are left in the world?

            this really should have got more love. Tough crowd. two thumbs up 👍 👍

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              Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

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              • StargazerS Stargazer

                Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

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                @Stargazer said in B&I Lions 2017:

                Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

                No replacement will be named apparently, but if there were one

                Zebo?
                Earls?
                May?
                Brown?

                Earls was absolutely excellent for Ireland vs USA, the best I have ever seen him play in a green jersey.

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                  Cue the next Mike Brown rant.

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                  • BovidaeB Bovidae

                    Cue the next Mike Brown rant.

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                    @Bovidae said in B&I Lions 2017:

                    Cue the next Mike Brown rant.

                    Anyone but Brown would be funny, just to see his reaction 🙂

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                      The other thing I read was that Hogg and Murray were roommates in Chch.

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                      • StargazerS Stargazer

                        Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

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                        @Stargazer said in B&I Lions 2017:

                        Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

                        Drag Donal Lenihan to give the old "1971 Canterbury" speech. Won't really work (not that it did the first time) but seems like a move Gats would make.

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                        • Billy TellB Billy Tell

                          @Stargazer said in B&I Lions 2017:

                          Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

                          No replacement will be named apparently, but if there were one

                          Zebo?
                          Earls?
                          May?
                          Brown?

                          Earls was absolutely excellent for Ireland vs USA, the best I have ever seen him play in a green jersey.

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                          @Billy-Tell said in B&I Lions 2017:

                          @Stargazer said in B&I Lions 2017:

                          Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

                          No replacement will be named apparently, but if there were one

                          Zebo?
                          Earls?
                          May?
                          Brown?

                          Earls was absolutely excellent for Ireland vs USA, the best I have ever seen him play in a green jersey.

                          If you wanted a like for like replacement, how about Nick Abendanon?

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                            Cover fullback from within the current squad and bring in Ford

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                            • DuluthD Duluth

                              Cover fullback from within the current squad and bring in Ford

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                              @Duluth said in B&I Lions 2017:

                              Cover fullback from within the current squad and bring in Ford

                              While not a bad call that would be admitting the first selections were wrong. So, unlikely.

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                              • CatograndeC Catogrande

                                @Billy-Tell said in B&I Lions 2017:

                                @Stargazer said in B&I Lions 2017:

                                Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

                                No replacement will be named apparently, but if there were one

                                Zebo?
                                Earls?
                                May?
                                Brown?

                                Earls was absolutely excellent for Ireland vs USA, the best I have ever seen him play in a green jersey.

                                If you wanted a like for like replacement, how about Nick Abendanon?

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                                @Catogrande said in B&I Lions 2017:

                                @Billy-Tell said in B&I Lions 2017:

                                @Stargazer said in B&I Lions 2017:

                                Sad. Stuart Hogg ruled out of remainder of Lions tour

                                No replacement will be named apparently, but if there were one

                                Zebo?
                                Earls?
                                May?
                                Brown?

                                Earls was absolutely excellent for Ireland vs USA, the best I have ever seen him play in a green jersey.

                                If you wanted a like for like replacement, how about Nick Abendanon?

                                If you are doing French exiles, then David Strettle is fairly decent too.

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                                • CatograndeC Catogrande

                                  @Duluth said in B&I Lions 2017:

                                  Cover fullback from within the current squad and bring in Ford

                                  While not a bad call that would be admitting the first selections were wrong. So, unlikely.

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                                  @Catogrande

                                  Yeah, its not a prediction. Just what I think they should do

                                  Ford at 10 and Farrell at 12. As you said it would be admitting the initial selection was wrong, it would be admitting the backs aren't converting enough opportunities and it would be copying Eddie Jones

                                  Gatland would never do any of that.

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                                    British and Lions head coach Warren Gatland has called up Scotland duo Allan Dell (prop) and Finn Russell (fly-half) ahead of their Test series against New Zealand

                                    Dell and Russell’s call-ups come after Wales’ Cory Hill, Kristian Dacey, Gareth Davies and Tomas Francis joined the squad on Saturday afternoon following their Test against Tonga in Auckland on Friday.
                                    
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                                      Russell the only one who adds anything to the overall squad.

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                                      • P pakman

                                        Russell the only one who adds anything to the overall squad.

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                                        @pakman

                                        Russell and Davies are both there or there abouts, so fair enough (would rather Davies than Laidlaw any day). The rest are a joke. If geography is an issue and you always planned this, why not call up the best guys available 3 or 4 days earlier and give time to get over jet lag?

                                        Even if you limit yourself to Wales and Scotland, I'm not sure how Dacey and Hill got in ahead of Brown and Gray

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                                          @pakman

                                          Russell and Davies are both there or there abouts, so fair enough (would rather Davies than Laidlaw any day). The rest are a joke. If geography is an issue and you always planned this, why not call up the best guys available 3 or 4 days earlier and give time to get over jet lag?

                                          Even if you limit yourself to Wales and Scotland, I'm not sure how Dacey and Hill got in ahead of Brown and Gray

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                                          @Margin_Walker said in B&I Lions 2017:

                                          @pakman

                                          Russell and Davies are both there or there abouts, so fair enough (would rather Davies than Laidlaw any day). The rest are a joke. If geography is an issue and you always planned this, why not call up the best guys available 3 or 4 days earlier and give time to get over jet lag?

                                          Even if you limit yourself to Wales and Scotland, I'm not sure how Dacey and Hill got in ahead of Brown and Gray

                                          Word on the street is the Welsh boys trained with the Lions in Wales when a large number of the squad were still involved in club competitions.

                                          So know the system and calls etc.

                                          They're not the best Welsh players, Davies aside, because Wales have Samoa next weekend.

                                          They'll be ready to train tomorrow (Sunday), the Scots won't.

                                          And I also heard that Eddie said no players would leave the England camp until the Tests were done. So that rules out Launchbury and Ford. Even though they should have gone in the first place.

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