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Oldham Rhino wrote:Can anyone see the Lions beating the Boks next week?
no in a nut shell, cant see us getting enough of the 50 -50 balls to create too much, saying that though i will be hoping i am wrong and that we smash the bok
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Oldham Rhino wrote:Can anyone see the Lions beating the Boks next week?
One chance - it absolutely tips it down and turns the game into a scrappy, forward dominated affair. If the Lions can play it tight and get Roberts over the gain line off first phase ball they have a chance.
If it's a dry track, the athleticism of the Boks will make them too dangerous with ball in hand and they'll rack up 25-30 points.
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Andy Gilder wrote:One chance - it absolutely tips it down and turns the game into a scrappy, forward dominated affair. If the Lions can play it tight and get Roberts over the gain line off first phase ball they have a chance. If it's a dry track, the athleticism of the Boks will make them too dangerous with ball in hand and they'll rack up 25-30 points.
Wasn't that the case vs Western Province? Wasn't like the lions ran away with that one.
richardviking wrote:If the Lions are to have any hope they need to win the first test. The 2nd and 3rd are at altitude and I fear they're going to get hidings in them.
Ugo Monye is rugby union's version of Francis Meli / Lucas Onyango / Msili Manu / Dwain Chamers.
I agree also the first test is our best chance as they might be rusty after no warm up game
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British and Irish Lions team to play South Africa in the first Test in Durban on Saturday:
L Byrne (Wales and Ospreys); T Bowe (Ireland and Ospreys), B O'Driscoll (Ireland and Leinster), J Roberts (Wales and Cardiff Blues), U Monye (England and Harlequins); S Jones (Wales and Scarlets), M Phillips (Wales and Ospreys); G Jenkins (Wales and Cardiff Blues), L Mears (England and Bath), P Vickery (England and Wasps), Alun Wyn Jones (Wales and Ospreys), P O'Connell (Ireland and Munster, capt), T Croft (England and Leicester), D Wallace (Ireland and Munster), J Heaslip (Ireland and Leinster).
Replacements: M Rees (Wales and Scarlets), A Jones (Wales and Ospreys), D O'Callaghan (Ireland and Munster), M Williams (Wales and Cardiff Blues), H Ellis(England and Leicester), R O'Gara (Ireland and Munster), R Kearney (Ireland and Leinster).
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