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Old 06-07-2013, 13:36
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Daniel Craig is in the Lions dressing room. All the players want there photo taken with him, it should be the other way around today
Leigh Halfpenny and Daniel Craig...
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Old 06-07-2013, 13:47
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Leigh Halfpenny and Daniel Craig...
did you have to menetion thsi name?

Now trying to find some Jill Halfpenny wallpaer for my pc
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Old 06-07-2013, 13:49
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Brilliant from 1 to 23 and class from the players unlucky not to be in the side.

There's a core of this side that could be very handy in New Zealand in four years time.
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Old 06-07-2013, 14:03
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Corbisiero - Hibbard - Jones.

Just 50 minutes together yet they will forever be Lions legends. Shame we'll never see them together again.
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Old 06-07-2013, 14:37
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Very impressive from the off - dominated in the scrum and so powerful going forward.

Stuck 2 fingers up to the critics!
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Old 06-07-2013, 16:27
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As an aside........I thought Horwill was class in defeat with his speech. He is not a dirty player (from what i have seen of him) but only he knows if what he did on Alun Wyn was intentional.

Brendan Cannon was quite eloquent throughout his shifts I thought. A different Brendan Cannon here........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMQem62sHik
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Old 06-07-2013, 16:28
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Pleased they won - and won well. My nerves could not have dealt with another close one!
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Old 06-07-2013, 16:30
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Brilliant from 1 to 23 and class from the players unlucky not to be in the side.

There's a core of this side that could be very handy in New Zealand in four years time.
.........which is the ultimate test, with South Africa a close second due to physicality and strength in depth.
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Old 06-07-2013, 16:32
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The "Quantus" Wallabies, dear god, why, just why??
Yes quite (QANTAS btw). I remember years ago (1991?) Buck Shelford (then retired I think) keep saying the Steinlager All Blacks.
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Old 06-07-2013, 16:40
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Daniel Craig is in the Lions dressing room. All the players want there photo taken with him, it should be the other way around today
It's odd how that sometimes happens isn't it !?

You get world champion sportsmen / women going all gushy over pop stars or movie stars when at the same time the very same media stars are overwhelmed by sports stars ... wether it be golfers , footballers or whatever .
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Old 06-07-2013, 16:53
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Daniel Craig is in the Lions dressing room. All the players want there photo taken with him, it should be the other way around today
Gave you an indication of the huge size of some of these players as he looked like a little boy beside them.
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Old 06-07-2013, 17:37
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I wonder what Humble Pie tastes like?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...the-Lions.html
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Old 06-07-2013, 18:42
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Wales should beat Australia this Autumn then....
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Old 06-07-2013, 19:08
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Not sure whether Gatland ends up looking good because of the selection and performanance in the last game or foolish for not having strong scrummagers like Cobisiero and Sheridan in the initial party and not bulldozing the Wallabies in all three games.
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Old 06-07-2013, 19:54
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Gave you an indication of the huge size of some of these players as he looked like a little boy beside them.
Who was the huge guy interviewing the Lions players on the pitch straight after the game . He dwarfed the huge Lion's player , the back ( number 4 ) I think . The player was 6'8" I believe .
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Old 06-07-2013, 20:08
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Scott Quinnell (the 'broader' one - roaming the pitch), or Will Greenwood (in front of the advertising screens). Lions both in their time.
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Old 06-07-2013, 20:57
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Wonder if Gatland will be coaching New Zealand when the lions face them in 4 years.
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Old 06-07-2013, 22:00
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Not sure whether Gatland ends up looking good because of the selection and performanance in the last game or foolish for not having strong scrummagers like Cobisiero and Sheridan in the initial party and not bulldozing the Wallabies in all three games.
To be fair Corbisiero was injured for a large chunk of the season and as far as I was aware, Sheridan retired from international rugby
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Old 06-07-2013, 22:02
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Wonder if Gatland will be coaching New Zealand when the lions face them in 4 years.
Bloody hope not!
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Old 06-07-2013, 22:07
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Didn't spot it at the time, but they just showed Sexton's try on SSN and that knobhead Beale tried to knock him over as he celebrated, only for 2 other Lions players to run past and give Beale a smack

Fantastic performance. Isn't it great when thousands of Australians practice their fire drill during the closing moments of a sporting occasion?
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Old 06-07-2013, 22:30
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Didn't spot it at the time, but they just showed Sexton's try on SSN and that knobhead Beale tried to knock him over as he celebrated, only for 2 other Lions players to run past and give Beale a smack

Fantastic performance. Isn't it great when thousands of Australians practice their fire drill during the closing moments of a sporting occasion?
I think one was mike Philips who can be pretty graceless at times. It was frustration at a game going away from you.

I can understand it. Hard to judge to harshly.
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Old 06-07-2013, 23:01
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Not sure whether Gatland ends up looking good because of the selection and performanance in the last game or foolish for not having strong scrummagers like Cobisiero and Sheridan in the initial party and not bulldozing the Wallabies in all three games.
Today certainly shows that most people were right in saying that Faletau should have been starting instead of Heaslip. He was outstanding today. Heaslip wasnt bad and defended well in the first test but Faletau did more in 10 minutes.

It also showed that as good as Warburton is, the best combined back row doesnt have him in it. It should be him or Lydiate as the the opensides today, from an attacking perspective brought so much more.

Gatland was vindicated on a lot today, but in doing so, showed some earlier calls were wrong.
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Old 06-07-2013, 23:37
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To be fair Corbisiero was injured for a large chunk of the season and as far as I was aware, Sheridan retired from international rugby
Stevens also retired from England but still went.
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Old 07-07-2013, 00:22
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Not sure whether Gatland ends up looking good because of the selection and performanance in the last game or foolish for not having strong scrummagers like Cobisiero and Sheridan in the initial party and not bulldozing the Wallabies in all three games.
He's the first Lions coach to win a series since 1997. To the majority of the sporting public he looks like he made the correct decisions.
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Old 07-07-2013, 00:29
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Wales should beat Australia this Autumn then....
Autumn Internationals are against South Africa, Argentina,Tonga and Australia in that order this year.

The regions will more than likely kick up a fuss, as the WRU have again arranged a 4th fixture, this time against Oz. Which falls just a week from the resumption of the Heineken Cup group stages. I expect there will also be difficulties securing the services of the players who are in clubs in other countries for that one.

Just the usual politics Gatland is coming back in to with the Wales job.
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