Ive seen better Con junior teams than the Westerners. 15 jersies hanging on a line would tackle better. Can see why theres so many empty seats, when youve facile matches like this.
Good training session for the Lions, but twas like watching tag rugby
I enjoyed this post because I find the idea that a team called “The Force” have no force behind them childishly funny.
Dont think rugby union is big in Western Oz. They were going to disband the force at one stage, cant see them lasting long term. Nothing on the field today and no support either.
The joy of the British Lions, especially the pre-Test matches is that it gives an opportunity to a wide cross section of society to act like the judges on a Popstars style reality television show.
We brutally rate the contestants. It’s like rugby Tinder. One knock on, one missed pass, you’re fucked. First impressions matter.
This cross section of society of amateur judges is not limited, but actually is limited to the following types of people.
i) 58 year old golf dads perusing the Irish Times weekend supplement
ii) Mrs. Bucket style mummies and grannies
iii) High net worth individuals in the tech industry
iv) Well paid high level civil servants (there may be a considerable overlap with the golf dads here)
v) Potential Brendan O’Connor panellists (again a considerable overlap with golf dads)
vi) Munster mucksavages
vii) G4 men who organise barbecues to coincide with Lions matches when there’s a tour to South Africa in non-Covid years
viii) Unemployable, verbose, terminally depressed visually impaired headbangers
There’s only one oval ball game that matters in Wistun a Straya.
Domestic rugby in Australia is basically the League Of Ireland without the passion and atmosphere.
They’ve a new NRL coming to Perth soon.
Nobody gives a fuck about NRL in Perth. Even with the West Coast Eagles continuing to plumb the depths, they still won’t give a fuck.
Would ‘bolter’ be another cliche option here or is that reserved for someone who is named in the touring party after 2 minutes rugby in the 6 nations?
Its not and theres even a rugby league team being added to the mix over there too. Mining money backing both force and this new league team
Theyll travel more than any pro sports team apparently. Every 2nd match on the east coast.
Gas, i was at this fixture when the Lions toured in 89. My da was also at the famous one in the gabba. And the brother was at last tour of oz. Had lost its appeal a bit but enjoying this one so far
I thought it was nice for the Leinster and Ireland lads to get to play with Tadhg Furlong.
Ruairi “rud” o Connor still thinks pollock is an agent of chaos and not a test starter.
Gerry thornley was seething when somebody was quoting the doyen of rugby journalism Stephen jones. Seems he isn’t a jones fan.
Thornley then discussed which coach had a more intricate attacking plan joe Schmidt or Andy Farrell for ten minutes.
O Connor also thinks Hansen and Lowe will be starting ahead of Tommy freeman. They must have missed freeman running in a hat trick against Leinster six weeks ago as James Lowe was running through quick sand.
Ah lovely
Ill be meeting the squad this week guys
Any queations message me in advance
Tysm
In advance of this to get me in the mood i watched south vs wests
Very enjoyable
A flight to Australia produces significantly more greenhouse gas emissions than driving the same distance. For example, a flight from London to Sydney generates roughly 1.79 tonnes of CO2e per passenger. This same distance, if driven, would result in substantially lower emissions, especially when considering the distance involved in driving to Australia.
Eek!
An Airbus A380 typically carries 550 people. If 550 cars drove from London to Sydney, they would collectively emit around twice the amount of CO2 as an Airbus A380 plane going the London-Dubai-Sydney route.
A plane has more emissions than a family car
Who’d a thunk it
I think I need to revise my opinion about flashes of intelligence.