B&I Lions tour 2021
Discussion
I’ve long harboured the thought that Gats isn’t working on a mid week/Test basis, but he’s working on a 30man Test basis. Eddie’s starter and finishers concept, but applied to all 15 players. Of course you can only have a limited bench, but everybody has to buy in that you could be a starter or finisher for the Tests, because that is how they are going to have to play to stay with and beat the Boks. Go toe to toe with them for 85mins.
Hamish and Curry over the game distance. Curry is a one man defensive effort. Joe Worseley on steroids with the wick turned up. Hamish is a human dynamo who never stops, never stays still, never goes quiet. Between them you can have 85mins of the biggest engine on the pitch. The Boks actually have nobody who can live with their energy, so work to make use of it. Equally though Gats needs some of the big guns in the back row, so you actively don’t want to play them both together. You need a Lawes/Itoji/TB always on, you need JC/TF/SS always on.
I never understand why the Lions concept gets questioned every 4yrs. Every time the games produce the most intense, high end rugby, sport, theatre. The last 15-20mins of Lions Tests are always the best sport of the yr. They redefine pinnacle each time.
Hamish and Curry over the game distance. Curry is a one man defensive effort. Joe Worseley on steroids with the wick turned up. Hamish is a human dynamo who never stops, never stays still, never goes quiet. Between them you can have 85mins of the biggest engine on the pitch. The Boks actually have nobody who can live with their energy, so work to make use of it. Equally though Gats needs some of the big guns in the back row, so you actively don’t want to play them both together. You need a Lawes/Itoji/TB always on, you need JC/TF/SS always on.
I never understand why the Lions concept gets questioned every 4yrs. Every time the games produce the most intense, high end rugby, sport, theatre. The last 15-20mins of Lions Tests are always the best sport of the yr. They redefine pinnacle each time.
https://www.lionsrugby.com/2021/07/06/lions-match-...
Hmm. Always a risk that this tour turns into a covid clusterf
k but I really hope this isn’t a sign of things to come.
Hmm. Always a risk that this tour turns into a covid clusterf
k but I really hope this isn’t a sign of things to come. DeejRC said:
My preference from the start was moving it to 2022, but too much money involved for that to happen unfortunately 
It was the only sensible suggestion, and the only objection was people who were expecting to make money this year.This will be looked back on in history as the year when the Lions ate itself.
DodgyGeezer said:
basherX said:
Lions now going to play tonight with only one back on the bench?
That seems like a ballsy moveProblems are if they lose 9 (can Russell cover 9?) and once they lose two backs. It looks like Gatland is prepared to put a loose forward in the backs if need be Warburton said in the warm up that should be ok short term. The issue would be defending moves from set pieces where they might let a gap open.
Sounds fine on paper, right?
Same oppo on Saturday now...
https://www.otbsports.com/rugby/lions-sharks-plan-...
Could be interesting
https://www.otbsports.com/rugby/lions-sharks-plan-...
Could be interesting
DodgyGeezer said:
Same oppo on Saturday now...
https://www.otbsports.com/rugby/lions-sharks-plan-...
Could be interesting
Their 14 Kok, was a handful.https://www.otbsports.com/rugby/lions-sharks-plan-...
Could be interesting
the tribester said:
DodgyGeezer said:
Same oppo on Saturday now...
https://www.otbsports.com/rugby/lions-sharks-plan-...
Could be interesting
Their 14 Kok, was a handful.https://www.otbsports.com/rugby/lions-sharks-plan-...
Could be interesting
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