Lions tour 2025

[Chin Music]

Really poor form from the Lions' management, that.

Honestly don't see what they stand to gain from it other than looking like slightly windy poor sports.

Very much a "letter of the law rather than the spirit of the game" decision.

It doesn't make any sense to me, I must say.

 

[ripper868]

Yeah it's a weird one, lifted from the Rassie Erasmus playbook of stirring unnecessary **** 24 hours before a test.

 

[social]

We’re not talking about John Eales or Shane Warne here

Just odd

 

[Ali TT]

Points of principle in a contract blah blah

 

[andruid]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946045697779745045

Inclined to back the Wallabies now

Yeah it's a weird one, lifted from the Rassie Erasmus playbook of stirring unnecessary **** 24 hours before a test.

Rassie strikes me as someone who stirs up different kinds of sideshows than outrightly using bureaucracy to pick his opponents' teams for them.

 

[ripper868]

Oh for sure, but he's made an artform out of distractionism and whataboutteries - eg, not addressing the kick off for the kickoff scrum vs Italy, and when pressed/asked about it just deflects to the Italians scrum feeding technique.

But anyway, I'm excited, and hopeful for tomorrow, but realistic, think the 14 points start some bookies are giving is a little lean, I'd have it more near 19.

 

[social]

Chucked it down last night

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946340188957077806

 

[social]

Doesn’t appear to be the strongest Lions squad but the Wallabies will need to improve a lot to be competitive

 

[Fuller Pilch]

C'mon Aussies.

 

[ripper868]

Heck of a place for Tom Lynagh to make his debut. Insane that he breaks all the point scoring records tonight.

I hope this isn't a flogging.

 

[ripper868]

Carn the Wallabies.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Crims can boo all they like; any captain worth his salt is taking the three there.

 

[ripper868]

Crims can boo all they like; any captain worth his salt is taking the three there.

Pretty sure it was your lot booing, first pen goal of the tour? Give the fans what they want

 

[BoyBrumby]

Not so magic from Harry.

That's my one per test.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Score one for Melbourne.

Hang on...

Seriously, good vision from Russell after the grunts had done their jobs.

 

[ripper868]

Wallabies look like their playing their 2nd game in 4 weeks.

Lions look like they've played 5 or so games together.

This could get real ugly real quick.

 

[Ali TT]

First try to Australia

 

[Ali TT]

Wallabies look like their playing their 2nd game in 4 weeks.

Lions look like they've played 5 or so games together.

This could get real ugly real quick.

Yeah they look like what the Lions did v the Argies a month ago

 

[andruid]

 

[BoyBrumby]

Don't wanna reverse-mockers him into having a worldie, but what's the knock on Jake Gordon?

His distribution seems, um, not perhaps of the quality one usually associates with test half backs, to be polite.

Not like he's a kid either, can't see how he's an upgrade on White.