@Chris said in Force v British Lions:
Ollie Hoskins
A special farewell for the 1-Test Wallaby from Perth, who answered the call on a Spring Tour. Fairytale ending for a guy who did his time in the youth systems and headed overseas when the opportunities didn't come.
Good on him!
It's actually not a bad side from the Force, with question marks over 10 obviously tho I suspect Donaldson will be at first receiver a fair bit.
British and Irish Lions:
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Huw Jones, 23 Marcus Smith
@Mr-Fish said in Force v British Lions:
Great result for Alex Hartford, getting a once in a lifetime opportunity to play the Lions.
Could yet play for the Wallabies one day……
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Force v British Lions:
British and Irish Lions:
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Huw Jones, 23 Marcus Smith
Very midweek looking team with the exception of Russell who will surely be the first choice test 10.
Interesting game coming up
@MN5 said in Force v British Lions:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Force v British Lions:
British and Irish Lions:
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Huw Jones, 23 Marcus Smith
Very midweek looking team with the exception of Russell who will surely be the first choice test 10.
Interesting game coming up
Not sure about that for Russell. I’d start the young England 1st 5.
Plus for this game I think they’ve gone with a couple of key combos such as the Scottish 10/12, and the Irish flankers.
@ACT-Crusader said in Force v British Lions:
@MN5 said in Force v British Lions:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Force v British Lions:
British and Irish Lions:
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Huw Jones, 23 Marcus Smith
Very midweek looking team with the exception of Russell who will surely be the first choice test 10.
Interesting game coming up
Not sure about that for Russell. I’d start the young England 1st 5.
Plus for this game I think they’ve gone with a couple of key combos such as the Scottish 10/12, and the Irish flankers.
Na Russell will walk in. So mercurial.
@MN5 said in Force v British Lions:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Force v British Lions:
British and Irish Lions:
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Huw Jones, 23 Marcus Smith
Very midweek looking team with the exception of Russell who will surely be the first choice test 10.
Interesting game coming up
I reckon there's close to 15 of the test team in that 23
@MN5 said in Force v British Lions:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Force v British Lions:
British and Irish Lions:
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Huw Jones, 23 Marcus Smith
Very midweek looking team with the exception of Russell who will surely be the first choice test 10.
Interesting game coming up
That could well be the starting test front row. Not sure about the back row, so much competition there. odd that they've not given the only out and out 8 man a start. Russell still a good bet as starting 10 (to be honest I'd be happy with any of the three). Tuipolutu has a very good chance of being the test 12.
Other than that I'd agree with you :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
@Catogrande said in Force v British Lions:
@MN5 said in Force v British Lions:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Force v British Lions:
British and Irish Lions:
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Huw Jones, 23 Marcus Smith
Very midweek looking team with the exception of Russell who will surely be the first choice test 10.
Interesting game coming up
That could well be the starting test front row. Not sure about the back row, so much competition there. odd that they've not given the only out and out 8 man a start. Russell still a good bet as starting 10 (to be honest I'd be happy with any of the three). Tuipolutu has a very good chance of being the test 12.
Other than that I'd agree with you :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Good point. I did post it as someone who is not an expert on Northern Hemisphere Rugby
It might be a thumping but that's a better Force team on paper than I was expecting.
Talk of a 50k crowd at Optus.
Should be fun.
A shame Tizzano isn't playing this game, he was my favourite player in Super Rugby this year and would have loved for him to teach Pollock a thing or two.
A must-win game for the British and Irish and South African and Kiwi and Aussie Lions. If they lose their first two games, then their tour will be in utter chaos when it's hardly just begun. Big pressure on them.
A short interview with Alex Harford
He qualifies for Aussie because of his mother and he's committed to the Force now
@sparky said in Force v British Lions:
A must-win game for the British and Irish and South African and Kiwi and Aussie and Tongan and Samoan Lions. If they lose their first two games, then their tour will be in utter chaos when it's hardly just begun. Big pressure on them.
FIFY
Tried watching the UK coverage on Stan but quickly turned it off - the audio is hopelessly out of sync.
Here's hoping we have a game without cards.
Aussies commentators saying this is the pinnacle of Rugby Union…. ummm pretty sure that’s the World Cup.
2x penalties on their own line, and numerous other infringements that could be called. Pretty cynical stuff.
Cracking start. Really quick and Force playing as they shoukd against a new combo team. Ball in hand expecting gaps to appear.
Working a treat. Great to watch.
@Donsteppa I thought the same.
But I guess they have a game plan where 3s don’t work. Must be expecting to concede lot, so want to score a lot
For all their early play, also a few little moments as a reminder of why the Force were off the pace in Super Rugby.
