I’m not South African, I didn’t watch the game.
He bought a house on a floodplain in castleconnel.
Best of luck with that.
Updated test match squad, 10 June 2017
Starting XV
15 - S.W. Hogg (Glasgow & Scotland)
14 - G.P. North (Northampton & Wales)
13 - J.J.V. Davies (Llanelli, Scarlets & Wales)
12 - B.J. Teo (Worcester & England)
11 - A.K.C. Watson (Bath & England)
10 - O.A. Farrell - (Saracens & England)
9 - G.C. Murray (Munster & Ireland)
1 - J.C. McGrath (St Mary’s College, UCD & Ireland)
2 - J.E. George (Saracens & England),
3 - T.P. Furlong (Leinster & Ireland)
4 - A.W. Jones (Ospreys & Wales)
5 - G.E.J. Kruis (Saracens & England)
6 - P.J. O’Mahony (Cork Constitution, Munster & Ireland)
7 - S.K Warburton (Cardiff, Blues & Wales) captain
8 - T.T. Faletau (Bath & Wales)
Replacements
16 - K.J. Owens (Llanelli, Scarlets & Wales)
17 - M.W.I.W.N.A. Vunipola (Saracens & England)
18 - K.N.J.S. Sinckler (Harlequins & England)
19 - O.M. Itoje (Saracens & England)
20 - S.K. O’Brien (Leinster & Ireland)
21 - R.Webb (Bridgend, Ospreys & Wales)
22 - J.J. Sexton (St Mary’s College, Leinster & Ireland)
23 - L.B. Williams (Waunarlwydd, Scarlets & Wales)
Is there a Christmas poll for backtrack of the year??
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I wouldn’t know, I’ve never done it.
There’s nothing quite like a British Lions side going well to lift spirits and raise all boats. The superb performances of Sean O’Brien from Tullow, Tadhg Furlong from Campile and Peter O’Mahony in Christchurch yesterday morning clearly provided inspiration for the Carlow hurlers yesterday evening in winning the Christy Ring Cup, the Wexford hurlers in finally beating Kilkenny in Championship hurling and the never say die attitude of underdogs Cork in coming from behind to beat last year’s All Ireland Football semi finalists, Tipperary.
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And cj inspiring the South Africans to beat France
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CJ is Shannon, Limerick and Conor Murray as well is Patrickswell. I should have added the caveat that it’ll raise all boats bar the basket case that is the Limerick hurlers.
Hogg and particularly Warburton are under massive pressure to step up at this stage.
we can go into the first test against the New Zealanders with expectation now rather than hope
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Utter horseshit
Adding a caveat I.e. the theory is flawed
CJ is from Africa you creep.
Correct. Hogg has been a little unlucky on tour, getting the hospital pass of selection for the first game when they were all still jet lagged and then going off injured early yesterday morning. He’s a better option than Halfpenny at full back, Halfpenny hasn’t been the same player since doing his knee and Farrell will kick the goals. Liam Williams another alternative at full back hasn’t had a good tour. Anthony Watson did very well at full back yesterday so he could come into the frame there as well as on the wing.
Gatland will pick Warburton if fit. Warburton did have a good Six Nations but he’s been mostly injured since then. Just watching the Canterbury game back again last night, O’Mahony and O’Brien both had serious games.
Increasing speculation that Conor Murray may have inadvertently ended Stuart Hogg’s tour. We should know definitively by the morning. If so, Simon Zeno or Mike Brown the most likely beneficiaries.
I’d love to see Sexton, Farrell and Te’o line up with Te’o taking hard lines at 13. Te’o should be fairly familiar with both Farrell and Sexton having played and trained with both extensively by now. But I don’t see Gatland going with anyone but an established 13 for the opening test due to defensive concerns so I reckon Davies is first choice and Payne thereafter.
By the end of the Australian tour, 30 players had picked up test caps though. There will be guys who won’t be in the 23 for the first test that are going to have a big involvement in the test series like SOB and Roberts in 2013 or Simon Shawe and Joe Worsley in 2009. Who knows what combination will end up taking the field for the final test (Tommy Bowe and Riki Flutey were the winning test partnership in 2009!)
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Stuart Hogg is out the tour. Absolutely gutted for him.
We go again against Otago in Dunedin this morning. This really has the look of a dirt tracker team about it.
Starting XV
15 -J.B. Payne (Ulster & Ireland)
14 - J.T. Nowell (Exeter & England)
13 - J.B.A. Joseph (Bath & England)
12 - R. Henshaw (Buccaneers, Leinster & Ireland)
11 - T.S.F. Seymour (Glasgow & Scotland)
10 - D.R. Biggar (Swansea, Ospreys & Wales)
9 - R.Webb (Bridgend, Ospreys & Wales)
1 - J.W.G. Marler (Harlequins & England)
2 - R.D. Best (Banbridge, Ulster & Ireland)
3 - K.N.J.S. Sinckler (Harlequins & England)
4 - C.L. Lawes (Northampton & England)
5 -W.I. Henderson (Ballynahinch, Ulster & Ireland)
6 - J.A.W. Haskell (Wasps & England)
7 - S.K Warburton (Cardiff, Blues & Wales) captain
8 - C.J. Stander (Shannon, Leinster & Ireland)
Replacements
16 - K.J. Owens (Llanelli, Scarlets & Wales)
17 - J.C. McGrath (St Mary’s College, UCD & Ireland)
18 - D.R. Cole (Leicester & England)
19 - A.W. Jones (Swansea, Ospreys & Wales)
20 - J.C. Tipuric (Aberavon, Ospreys & Wales)
21 -G.D. Laidlaw (Gloucester & Scotland
22 - O.A. Farrell (Saracens & England)
23 - E.F. Daly (Wasps & England)
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It’s not the first time that Conor Murray got something in a teammates eye.
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Intercept try for Tommy Seymour. Lions have turned a 3-10 deficit into a 15-10 lead.
Webb is having a great second half so far