British Lions v Argentina
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Not far off my Test side
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@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
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@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
a lot of hard running but not a huge amount of playmaking in that midfield.
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@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
a lot of hard running but not a huge amount of playmaking in that midfield.
Tuipulotu has deft hands and is excellent at creating space.
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@Bones said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
a lot of hard running but not a huge amount of playmaking in that midfield.
Tuipulotu has deft hands and is excellent at creating space.
Good point. Most Scotsmen are
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Does Temu Nonu still have the legs for representative rugby? This must be his swan song surely?
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@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Bones said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
a lot of hard running but not a huge amount of playmaking in that midfield.
Tuipulotu has deft hands and is excellent at creating space.
Good point. Most Scotsmen are
Sorry. I don't see the connection.
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@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
2 Aussies, a South African and a New Zealander in the team.
An Aussie and a South African on the bench.
“British and Irish Lions”
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@antipodean said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Does Temu Nonu still have the legs for representative rugby? This must be his swan song surely?
Temu Nonu > Boutique store Jordie
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@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
2 Aussies, a South African and a New Zealander in the team.
An Aussie and a South African on the bench.
Well, thems the rules. And no I don’t like it.
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@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
2 Aussies, a South African and a New Zealander in the team.
An Aussie and a South African on the bench.
“British and Irish Lions”
There are more Aussies and more South Africans in the team than Scottish people.
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@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
2 Aussies, a South African and a New Zealander in the team.
An Aussie and a South African on the bench.
“British and Irish Lions”
There are more Aussies and more South Africans in the team than Scottish people.
No it just seems that way
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@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
2 Aussies, a South African and a New Zealander in the team.
An Aussie and a South African on the bench.
“British and Irish Lions”
There are more Aussies and more South Africans in the team than Scottish people.
I’ve no problem with foreign born players per se, as a “for instance” Faletau , Tuilagi and the Vunipola brothers, all of whom moved to the UK at a young age and came through the systems here. The residency rules have been tightened now but the Granny rule needs to be scrapped. There have been too many mercenaries over here, taking a pay cheque and having a tilt at international rugby and then buggering off back home. The whole idea of project players stank even when it was within the rules.
I don’t think you’ll get too many on this forum that think vastly different.
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@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
2 Aussies, a South African and a New Zealander in the team.
An Aussie and a South African on the bench.
“British and Irish Lions”
There are more Aussies and more South Africans in the team than Scottish people.
No it just seems that way
Only one Scottish person in that 23.
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Joe Schmidt says nice things about the Lions midfield. And their assistant coach, Richard Wigglesworth, goes on the defensive even though Joe clearly wasn't having a dig. Round one to Joe Schmidt IMHO.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c0k7jk4zxjlo
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@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MN5 said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Jet said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Not far off my Test side
I’m happy with that team, especially given the unavailability of some guys but going forward I think the front row will change with maybe only Genge keeping his spot. I’d like to see a little more physicality in the back row and the 9 and 15 will be different.
2 Aussies, a South African and a New Zealander in the team.
An Aussie and a South African on the bench.
“British and Irish Lions”
There are more Aussies and more South Africans in the team than Scottish people.
No it just seems that way
Only one Scottish person in that 23.
Kinghorn and Russell will get the numbers up to three come test time
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