Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:26 pm  

Aussies are 8/1 to win 3-0. I am very tempted by that

[Durham Giant]

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:29 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Why?
They will attract 370000 fans to 9 games over 5 weeks and they are run by the IRB

That might be good for the ARU but the home nations may see it differently. If they are playing weekend mid week teams that do nothing too help prepare for the tests, are no contest and leading to large numbers of injuries. . That allied to national tours, league games, 6 nations,heineken cup etc means the the top players are playing a lot of games and not having much of a rest. That appears to be taking a toll with lots of players retiring due to injury etc.
I could see the home nations saying it is not worth it

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:51 pm  

Israel Folau first try scorer tomorrow at 12/1 is tempting

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:14 am  

dan20rhino wrote:

Israel Folau first try scorer tomorrow at 12/1 is tempting

This Folau kid looks great, could do a job in League for sure.

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:14 pm  

What's next for Folau, he's played League, AFL and now union. Can the Aussies still draft him into the Ashes cricket squad?

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:07 pm  

Well the Lions won, but the Australians should have.
Some very disturbing lack of tackling from the Lions in the first half down our left wing ... what the fook was Mike Phillips doing for Australia's first try????
Standing off tackles instead of moving forward to tackle.
Standing still instead of running in to receive the pass on attack.
Very basic errors, very poor!
How many kicks did Australia miss ... four or five?
We missed one.
No brainer, they deserved to win.
But I think we are a better side, but once again led by people that are too conservative.

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:44 pm  

Stand-Offish wrote:

Well the Lions won, but the Australians should have.
Some very disturbing lack of tackling from the Lions in the first half down our left wing ... what the fook was Mike Phillips doing for Australia's first try????
Standing off tackles instead of moving forward to tackle.
Standing still instead of running in to receive the pass on attack.
Very basic errors, very poor!
How many kicks did Australia miss ... four or five?
We missed one.
No brainer, they deserved to win.
But I think we are a better side, but once again led by people that are too conservative.

It felt throughout the game like Australia would blow us away any moment if they just stepped up a gear, but it never happened. Lions have to improve, but they could do it.

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:56 pm  

Hungover In Brisbane with 4 days to kill till origin and this is not a cheap town to drink in!
Best team lost last night........fear of losing is killing the lions

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:42 pm  

Five changes to the Lions side for the second Test.

Although some enforced by injury, an acknowledgement from Gatland that they got out of jail last Saturday?

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:03 pm  

Shocking second test IMO, good tension but quality-wise abysmal. Perfectly set up for the decider though..