British & Irish Lions Tour of South Africa 2021
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rouchie
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Yeah, it did look a bit like we were going to steam roller them and post a score like the All Blacks did against Tonga but the Sigma Lions woke up and got in to the game a bit more
Martinr36
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Saturday's match postponed
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British & Irish Lions' tour match against Bulls postponed over Covid-19 cases
The British and Irish Lions tour match against Vodacom Bulls on Saturday has been postponed after the South African provincial team returned several positive Covid-19 tests; South Africa squad return 11 fresh positives while Georgia return four cases, with Fridays Test match under review
Martinr36
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yeah lets hope soThey are looking for a replacement game, fingers crossed they get one
Martinr36
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Shall be watching the Lions match, upgraded my sky package just so i could see the matches, wont bother with the footballSharks tonight though, another great day of sport
MrWilson
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I saw that they moved KO an hour earlier so it didn’t clash with the football as much. Obviously the tour organisers didn’t expect England or Wales to make it this far… #itscominghome
rouchie
Rising Star
It got moved again to 7pm because of the covid cases and to allow for another bout of testing so there as a half overlap, nice warm up game though
rouchie
Rising Star
Thanks for the heads uo @Martinr36 I hadn't seen that !
MrWilson
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Tightened things up in the second half, but Lions still have work to do.
South Africa are also struggling, with an unconvincing first test against Georgia and the second being called off due to the big C.
I am also excited about a certain callup who for obvious reasons I won’t mention by name.
South Africa are also struggling, with an unconvincing first test against Georgia and the second being called off due to the big C.
I am also excited about a certain callup who for obvious reasons I won’t mention by name.
Did you previously praise Finn Russell?
rouchie
Rising Star
funnily enough I missed he first half and was shocked to see it at 26-26 and then the sharks guy got sent off for utter stupidity so we dont really know if the second half score was down to 15 v 14 or better play always really hard to tellI saw the first half, lots of errors that were pounced on, and resulted in some nice tries, even if they were for the sharks
MrWilson
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Lineup for Wednesday. South Africa have put out a very strong 'A' side, essentially their best players who aren't self isolating so this is lining up to be an unofficial '4th test'. Should be a good watch.
15 Anthony Watson
14 Louis Rees-Zammit
13 Chris Harris
12 Bundee Aki
11 Josh Adams
10 Dan Biggar
9 Conor Murray
1 Wyn Jones
2 Ken Owens
3 Kyle Sinckler
4 Maro Itoje
5 Iain Henderson
6 Josh Navidi
7 Tom Curry
8 Taulupe Faletau
Replacements:
16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
17 Mako Vunipola
18 Zander Fagerson
19 Adam Beard
20 Tadhg Beirne
21 Sam Simmonds
22 Gareth Davies
23 Elliot Daly
15 Anthony Watson
14 Louis Rees-Zammit
13 Chris Harris
12 Bundee Aki
11 Josh Adams
10 Dan Biggar
9 Conor Murray
1 Wyn Jones
2 Ken Owens
3 Kyle Sinckler
4 Maro Itoje
5 Iain Henderson
6 Josh Navidi
7 Tom Curry
8 Taulupe Faletau
Replacements:
16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
17 Mako Vunipola
18 Zander Fagerson
19 Adam Beard
20 Tadhg Beirne
21 Sam Simmonds
22 Gareth Davies
23 Elliot Daly