B&I Lions vs Lions match thread

[Chilli]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

[Sandstorm]

56-14 FT

[Chilli]

That's all folks.

[Big D]

Good performance for first game on tour. Will need to be better but will be.

[Sandstorm]

Sux without a crowd. But at least it’s on!!

[JM2K6]

Well done Watson, well deserved. Thumbs up to Sinckler, Itoje, Harris, Hogg, Adams, LRZ, George. Russell mostly good, some bad. Farrell pretty poor for 50-odd minutes. Daly was great off the bench, LCD and Davies had some impact too.

[And 1 guest]

Itoje and Watson superb. Price was good. Daly was brilliant when he came in

[JM2K6]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

That's 73 times capped Mako Vunipola, who has a ridiculous engine and some serious skills.

[Slick]

Well done Watson, well deserved. Thumbs up to Sinckler, Itoje, Harris, Hogg, Adams, LRZ, George. Russell mostly good, some bad. Farrell pretty poor for 50-odd minutes. Daly was great off the bench, LCD and Davies had some impact too.

Thought Lawes was really good in 10 minute bursts as well.

Did Watson get MoM then? Missed that

[JM2K6]

Well done Watson, well deserved. Thumbs up to Sinckler, Itoje, Harris, Hogg, Adams, LRZ, George. Russell mostly good, some bad. Farrell pretty poor for 50-odd minutes. Daly was great off the bench, LCD and Davies had some impact too.

Thought Lawes was really good in 10 minute bursts as well.

Did Watson get MoM then? Missed that

Yeah, he did. Agree on Lawes but didn't want to sound too biased!

[Biffer]

So, Watson looked great, And I would say George, Adams, Hogg, Itoje really put their hands up. Others that said they deserve further consideration are Sinckler, Lawes, Price, Russell, Harris, LRZ. Daly’s looked decent at the end too. Hill and Farrell probably moved themselves closer to dirt tracking.

[Biffer]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

Odd that you pick him and not Jamie George, who looks like a walking NHS health warning.

[Dinsdale Piranha]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

That's 73 times capped Mako Vunipola, who has a ridiculous engine and some serious skills.

If only one of them was scrummaging.

[Chilli]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

That's 73 times capped Mako Vunipola, who has a ridiculous engine and some serious skills.

Never heard of him. Is he any good?

[Lobby]

So, Watson looked great, And I would say George, Adams, Hogg, Itoje really put their hands up. Others that said they deserve further consideration are Sinckler, Lawes, Price, Russell, Harris, LRZ. Daly’s looked decent at the end too. Hill and Farrell probably moved themselves closer to dirt tracking.

With Hill, I think it would be best if the coaches just admit they made a mistake and sent him home.

[Biffer]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

That's 73 times capped Mako Vunipola, who has a ridiculous engine and some serious skills.

Never heard of him. Is he any good?

Used to be.

[Slick]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

Odd that you pick him and not Jamie George, who looks like a walking NHS health warning.

I didn’t notice really but I had 3 separate mates on various chat groups say that he looked unfit

[Chilli]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

Odd that you pick him and not Jamie George, who looks like a walking NHS health warning.

He has lost some weight since not winning the RWC.

[Chilli]

That's 73 times capped Mako Vunipola, who has a ridiculous engine and some serious skills.

Never heard of him. Is he any good?

Used to be.

So was I.
Played 1st team at school.

[JM2K6]

Without trolling, I look in better condition than the BIL #17.

That's 73 times capped Mako Vunipola, who has a ridiculous engine and some serious skills.

Never heard of him. Is he any good?

Depends. Do you like scrums? If so, not particularly. But other than that he's very good, including the six tests he played in on the last two Lions tours...

[OomStruisbaai]

Good win by the BIL. Their 4th test will be on wednesday against the $hark$

They make EW Viljoen shines

[Chilli]

That's 73 times capped Mako Vunipola, who has a ridiculous engine and some serious skills.

Never heard of him. Is he any good?

Depends. Do you like scrums? If so, not particularly. But other than that he's very good, including the six tests he played in on the last two Lions tours...

Well he seems to play prop, so he should be able to scrum a bit.
At High School I could.

[handyman]

Good win by the BIL, but that should have been the easiest game of the tour. Hopefully the rest of the games are closer.

[JM2K6]

Never heard of him. Is he any good?

Depends. Do you like scrums? If so, not particularly. But other than that he's very good, including the six tests he played in on the last two Lions tours...

Well he seems to play prop, so he should be able to scrum a bit.
At High School I could.

Cheers globus

[ASMO]

My ratings out of 5

15. Stuart Hogg (capt); 3
14. Louis Rees-Zammit, 3
13. Chris Harris, 4
12. Owen Farrell, 2
11. Josh Adams; 5
10. Finn Russell, 3
9. Ali Price; 4
1. Wyn Jones, 3
2. Jamie George, 4
3. Kyle Sinckler, 3
4. Maro Itoje, 4
5. Jonny Hill, 2
6. Courtney Lawes, 4
7. Hamish Watson, 5
8. Taulupe Faletau.3

Replacements not really on long enough to rate properly but mentions to, LCD, Daly and Davies

Replacements: 
16. Luke Cowan-Dickie,
17. Mako Vunipola,
18. Zander Fagerson,
19. Iain Henderson,
20. Sam Simmonds,
21. Gareth Davies,
22. Bundee Aki,
23. Elliot Daly.

[Biffer]

Broadly agree with that although might have put Hogg up to a 4.

[Chilli]

Depends. Do you like scrums? If so, not particularly. But other than that he's very good, including the six tests he played in on the last two Lions tours...

Well he seems to play prop, so he should be able to scrum a bit.
At High School I could.

Cheers globus

[Blake]

Not sure how much Rassie & Kie Will be able to take out of this match:
- BI Lions Lineout looks good.
- Scrum looked a bit vulnerable to me
- Some interesting trick plays with inside passes that might work against the Bok defense, or it might just send players into the meat grinder…we’ll see
- skip pass out wide will be a factor

[Sards]

Good win by the BIL, but that should have been the easiest game of the tour. Hopefully the rest of the games are closer.

That was a class side...doubt it's even their strongest.
Somehow I don't think its going to be fun.

[handyman]

Good win by the BIL, but that should have been the easiest game of the tour. Hopefully the rest of the games are closer.

That was a class side...doubt it's even their strongest.
Somehow I don't think its going to be fun.

It's classy players of 4 international sides going up vs provincial sides. We're going to struggle, but it should be better from now on.

[Sards]

Not sure how much Rassie & Kie Will be able to take out of this match:
- BI Lions Lineout looks good.
- Scrum looked a bit vulnerable to me
- Some interesting trick plays with inside passes that might work against the Bok defense, or it might just send players into the meat grinder…we’ll see
- skip pass out wide will be a factor

Kicking to the wings. Kick through. They have it all.
Going to be a huge test for Willie. Not so confident after watching the Lions get slaughtered.

[Sards]

Good win by the BIL, but that should have been the easiest game of the tour. Hopefully the rest of the games are closer.

That was a class side...doubt it's even their strongest.
Somehow I don't think its going to be fun.

It's classy players of 4 international sides going up vs provincial sides. We're going to struggle, but it should be better from now on.

I think you are a true blue WP supporter. Eternal hope.

[Slick]

Broadly agree with that although might have put Hogg up to a 4.

Yeah agree, pretty decent scoring apart from that

[assfly]

Not sure how much Rassie & Kie Will be able to take out of this match:
- BI Lions Lineout looks good.
- Scrum looked a bit vulnerable to me
- Some interesting trick plays with inside passes that might work against the Bok defense, or it might just send players into the meat grinder…we’ll see
- skip pass out wide will be a factor

That was my takeway too. Considering it was a fairly ordinary Gauteng Lions pack, they did well in the scrums. BIL lineout looked good but didn't really get their maul going.

No surprise to see a winger getting 4 tries, that's definitely where they're going to send the ball.

[Chilli]

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[Deveron Boy]

The Walrus’s player ratings are, as ever, somewhat counter-intuitive, as an example Hamish Watson7/10, Owen Farrell 8/10 :

[Blackmac]

The Walrus’s player ratings are, as ever, somewhat counter-intuitive, as an example Hamish Watson7/10, Owen Farrell 8/10 :

How does he get away with this shit, time and time again. Farrell looked lost. No better than 4/10. He really is turning into a discredited troll.

[Slick]

The Walrus’s player ratings are, as ever, somewhat counter-intuitive, as an example Hamish Watson7/10, Owen Farrell 8/10 :

And Hill was the decisive figure of the match.

I noted he got called a plum in the comments section. Who was it?

[tc27]

The Walrus’s player ratings are, as ever, somewhat counter-intuitive, as an example Hamish Watson7/10, Owen Farrell 8/10 :

How does he get away with this shit, time and time again. Farrell looked lost. No better than 4/10. He really is turning into a discredited troll.

Im convinced its a trolling act..he reacts furiously to criticism on social media so is probaly just doubling down in order to annoy people.

[Biffer]

The Walrus’s player ratings are, as ever, somewhat counter-intuitive, as an example Hamish Watson7/10, Owen Farrell 8/10 :

How does he get away with this shit, time and time again. Farrell looked lost. No better than 4/10. He really is turning into a discredited troll.

Im convinced its a trolling act..he reacts furiously to criticism on social media so is probaly just doubling down in order to annoy people.

He blocked me on Twitter many years ago. He regularly makes the claim that he’s only blocked eleven people or something, and when he does, you see dozens of people saying he’s blocked them. Guy is a complete cock with very little knowledge of the game.