British Lions v Argentina

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:

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

Thanks Joe, Coach of the United Islands of Australasia

[sparky]

@MiketheSnow It's the West Island and always has been.

[MiketheSnow]

If Joe needs a publicist send him my way

As a coach I've been very fortunate and honoured to help fine young men beat the best in the rugby world

I'm really excited for this group of fine young men to know that feeling by beating the best of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

All on the same day

[Dodge]

@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:

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

strikes me that Schmidt knew exactly what he was doing with the southern hemisphere dig, and i think Wigglesworth's reply was perfectly reasonable.

Either way, love to see it

[Bones]

@Dodge all he needed was Mitch to tack on "it's about the journey,, but only the current part of the journey, not the journey that came before, apart from that journey being required for initial selection, ya know"

[Dodge]

tbh, i'm just looking for some niggle - can't see Schmidt going on Youtube for 45 minutes crying about how life is so unfair so we've got to get it where we can

[nostrildamus]

@MiketheSnow said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:

As a coach I've been very fortunate and honoured to help fine young men beat the best in the rugby world

Hang on, I thought you were Welsh??!

[Callcentre Spunk]

@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:

@Bones He comes across as very thin-skinned.

I'd be fairly thin-skinned too if I'd spent my entire life lumped with such a comically stupid surname.

[Catogrande]

@Callcentre-Spunk said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:

@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:

@Bones He comes across as very thin-skinned.

I'd be fairly thin-skinned too if I'd spent my entire life lumped with such a comically stupid surname.

Well said Mr Spunk 😀

[Jet]

I dont hold out much hope, but I would love it, absolutely love it, if this sky sports wet dream, banter laden, hyperbole abusive, corporate bukkake party of a sporting entity, gets fucking humped red raw by the Aussies sans lube.

They disgust me. I hate everything they stand for in their current guise.

[Dodge]

haha, well that's one view i suppose. The irony being that's how most of the non die hard rugby fans (and plenty of those) around the world see the All Blacks PR machine.

The Lions is special, like it or not, I love it, absolutely love it.

[Bones]

@Callcentre-Spunk said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:

@sparky said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:

@Bones He comes across as very thin-skinned.

I'd be fairly thin-skinned too if I'd spent my entire life lumped with such a comically stupid surname.

I wouldn't exclude the first name, there's a lovely companion for the surname if you use the common nickname version.

[Bones]

@Jet yeah after Dick's garbage I'm leaning towards yellow.

[sparky]

@Dodge Mind games aren't particularly Joe Schmidt's style. He's not like Eddie Jones or Rassie Erasmus or Steve Hansen or even Warren Gatland or SCW. He seems as happy and comfortable in the opposition's dressing room as in his own team's.

[sparky]

Normally I cheer for anyone playing Australia to be honest.... I'm not wild about Andy Farrell's Lions, but I'm not sure I like either the idea of our over-excitable cobbers winning a significant Rugby series.

[Bones]

[MiketheSnow]

Well the Argies have won the anthems

[MiketheSnow]

The warm up top is an abortian

[MiketheSnow]

Kicking game from the 2000s won’t win a series

Shithouse

[Bones]

Argies into it from the start, but you just get the feeling they'll fade after ten minutes.

Genge showing everything he's got flying into pointless/late tackles.