The Lions in Oz

[TheLoneRanger]

Cracking try from Australia ...

Aus 5 v 10 Lions

 

[TheLoneRanger]

H/T ...

Aus 5 v 17 Lions

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Curry v Morgan


The stats ...

Carries Jac -19 Curry -17

Metres Gained Jac -100 Curry - 34

Attacking Rucks Hit Jac -53 Curry - 33

Tackles Jac - 48 (Most of anyone on tour) Curry - 29

Missed Tackles Jac - 4 Curry - 8 (Joint most of anyone on Tour)

Turnovers Jac - 5 (Most of anyone on Tour) Curry - 2

Defensive Rucks Hit Jac - 26 (Most of anyone on Tour) Curry - 14

Jac has only played 19 more minutes than Curry!!

Credit, where credit is due - Curry is having an outstanding match!!

 

[JackSomething]

Credit, where credit is due - Curry is having an outstanding match!!

Yep, other than the penalty for taking the man in the air he's been flawless to be fair.

 

[CygnusX1]

Poor quality game really. If Oz get back into it, it would make it more interesting

 

[Muteswan]

Yep, other than the penalty for taking the man in the air he's been flawless to be fair.

and a pen for a high tackle.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

F/T ...

Aus 19 v 27 Lions

 

[JackSomething]

A curiously unexciting match for a Lions test and the final score should have been far more comprehensive, but a win is a win. I can see now why so many pundits were predicting a 3-0 Lions whitewash given the poor state of this Australian team.

 

[monmouth]

A curiously unexciting match for a Lions test and the final score should have been far more comprehensive, but a win is a win. I can see now why so many pundits were predicting a 3-0 Lions whitewash given the poor state of this Australian team.

Any of the 6 nations teams apart from Wales (including Italy) would have given the Crims a much bigger hiding than they got today.

Prepare for the morons in the media arse licking circus proclaiming this load of mediocrity ‘the greatest Lions ever, better than 1974’ or some such bullshit. I bet Curry’s cheerleaders are out in force even though he made fewer tackles than prop Porter. Show pony flat track bully, and sometimes excellent player. But no need to be anything but meh against this opposition.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Credit, where credit is due - Curry is having an outstanding match!!

He played very well and took his try well, but for me he plays like a blindside rather than an openside and Jac clearly excels at openside he's far more a natural 7.

Met up with my former workmate up at Porthcawl today and we both agreed, my mate played openside for years including 20 odd games for Bridgend and Porthcawl in his latter rugby years.

 

[Captain_Sham]

The WRU deserve to be under extreme scrutiny. Shameful that we only got two players on the plane. It was bizzarre experience watching a Lions game with such limited interest.

 

[Niigata Jack]

The WRU deserve to be under extreme scrutiny. Shameful that we only got two players on the plane. It was bizzarre experience watching a Lions game with such limited interest.

Absolutely Shammy, Aussies got two maybe three coming back into the squad for next week's test who'll make a massive difference to this weeks squad,

 

[TheLoneRanger]

F/T ...

FNP 19 v 24 Lions

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Second Test squads ...​

Jac on the bench

British and Irish Lions: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park; 1 Andrew Porter, 2 Dan Sheehan, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 5 Ollie Chessum, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 7 Tom Curry, 8 Jack Conan.

Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will Stuart, 19 James Ryan, 20 Jac Morgan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Blair Kinghorn.



Australia: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Max Jorgensen, 13 Joseph Suaalii, 12 Len Ikitau, 11 Harry Potter, 10 Tom Lynagh, 9 Jake Gordon; 1 James Slipper, 2 David Porecki, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 4 Nick Frost, 5 Will Skelton, 6 Rob Valetini, 7 Fraser McReight, 8 Harry Wilson (c).

Replacements: 16 Billy Pollard, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Tom Robertson, 19 Jeremy Williams, 20 Langi Gleeson 21 Carlo Tizzano, 22 Tate McDermott, 23 Ben Donaldson.

 

[jack_lord]

Cwmtwrch is still not going to be happy