Lions rumours...

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Thought I'd start a thread for gossip from the lions camp, nothing too negative (unless deserved of course) but any gossip any of us hear over the next few weeks...

I'll start, an old acquaintance has msg'd me and he has heard from a mate at the Vale that a certain Sarries player was not impressed with the chryo at all, and only did the bare minimum before getting as far away as possible. He won't name any names but I can only think it's Matt Stevens, I can't imagine the younger boys not seeing it as a challenge or adventure.

Just a rumour though, how accurate it is I don't know, and the Stevens mention was a total guess on my part, here's hoping youve got something better

thebluesmancometh wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:Well, there will always be people who won't support the Lions

Aussies for one

Don't know, some of them might want Deans' last straw to come along

ChequeredJersey wrote:

thebluesmancometh wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:Well, there will always be people who won't support the Lions

Aussies for one

Don't know, some of them might want Deans' last straw to come along

There aren't many great options around at present, and I for one think Aus overperformed massively last season, and he did a decent job.

thebluesmancometh wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:

thebluesmancometh wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:Well, there will always be people who won't support the Lions

Aussies for one

Don't know, some of them might want Deans' last straw to come along

There aren't many great options around at present, and I for one think Aus overperformed massively last season, and he did a decent job.

I agree, not all Aussies would appear to

wanderingdragon wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:

wanderingdragon wrote:I heard a rumour that some of the 'fans' on here from east of the Severn Bridge are going to support the Lions!

It's only a rumour though and from much of the cr*p I've read I think it is only going to happen if Gatland, every Welsh, Scottish and Irish player gets removed from the squad, they start playing in white shirts with a rose on it and calling the sport 'wugger' whilst sipping Pimms on the lawn!

Time to give it break on the Welsh bashing (ironically something they haven't managed on the pitch for a while) and support the LIONS.

Having reservations about the squad etc are not the same as Welsh bashing, and frankly making stereotyped xenophobic comments of your own in your post doesn't help you one bit. As I primarily consider myself to be a Brit then English, I look forward to the Lions more than any other rugby event and will be cheering them all the way, every player who wears the red jersey. That has no impact on my thoughts of whether we will actually win or not or whether all the decisions made up to this point are correct. We criticise Lancaster and English players when they mess up too, does that mean we don't support England? Everyone in England, bar a few fools, will be supporting the Lions. That does not mean that we should not voice our concerns over things like only bringing 2 flyhalves on tour or what are apparent signs of hypocrisy in Gatland's selection criteria

The key word I used was 'SOME'.

True. We had a handful of English fans looking for any excuse to criticise Gats. We also had a handful of Welsh fans out looking for a fight - I saw someone getting upset about Welsh bashing when Scots criticised the selection of some Englishmen.

Sometimes you Home Unionites are weird.

I heard a rumor that a Kiwi calmed down the inter lions bickering

I then realised it was actually a master plan throw us off the All Blacks dastardly plan to rename the Lions as the Red Caps and indoctrinate them into their world domination of teams named after colours

Riskysports wrote:I heard a rumor that a Kiwi calmed down the inter lions bickering

I then realised it was actually a master plan throw us off the All Blacks dastardly plan to rename the Lions as the Red Caps and indoctrinate them into their world domination of teams named after colours

Mwahahahahahahaha


You forgot the bit about having all teams coached by and comprised of only NZ/SA raised players

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:

Riskysports wrote:I heard a rumor that a Kiwi calmed down the inter lions bickering

I then realised it was actually a master plan throw us off the All Blacks dastardly plan to rename the Lions as the Red Caps and indoctrinate them into their world domination of teams named after colours

Mwahahahahahahaha


You forgot the bit about having all teams coached by and comprised of only NZ/SA raised players

You would have got away with it if it had not been for these pesky bloggers!

This is no rumour...finally. Gats said today in Dublin that he likes to relax in the evening by turning on his laptop and tuning into 606V2. He denied he says things at Interviews to purposefully annoy the 606 legions but a dry smirk told its own story.

I heard another rumour.

Gats has sold every ladder in his hometown

Those he couldn't find buyers for he burnt.

Biltong wrote:I heard another rumour.

Gats has sold every ladder in his hometown

Those he couldn't find buyers for he burnt.

Tomorrows headline : Gatland withdraws from lions coaching duty after suffering 3rd degree burns to 80% of his body when he accidentally set himself on fire trying to ignite an alluminium ladder with accelerant. Rumours have it he is undergoing treatment with Chiefs medical staff in Hamilton instead...

matt stevens is rooming with stuart hogg

100%beefy wrote:matt stevens is rooming with stuart hogg

I guess that's better than him being in with Rod Snow or Jason White

100%beefy wrote:matt stevens is rooming with stuart hogg

Why does a scene from Deliverance come into my head? Warburton will need to patrol the corridor all night with his Bow and arrow at the ready.

"Gats, what happened Stevens who was rushed to hospital this morning with a suspected puncture wound to the chest?"

"We don't talk about that. And don't attempt to ask any of the players about it either. We have no squealers in this camp".

100%beefy wrote:matt stevens is rooming with stuart hogg

"Squeal, little piggy, squeal"

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

100%beefy wrote:matt stevens is rooming with stuart hogg

"Squeal, little piggy, squeal"

Hogg shouldnt have lost the fluffy Lions should he...

The Lions are in Dublin now.

Jamie Heaslip treated them all to a big feast in his restaurant in Dublin last night. Presumably they are off to Carton house today. Anyone know what they are up to?

They've been training here most of the week at Carlton.

Oops! That's the first one I fell for......

"This is no rumour...finally. Gats said today in Dublin that he likes to relax in the evening by turning on his laptop and tuning into 606V2. He denied he says things at Interviews to purposefully annoy the 606 legions but a dry smirk told its own story."

You mean that Gats is actually HERSH?

That would explain a lot of his remarks.

Gats is Hersh?

That just makes him Gash

SecretFly[b] wrote:You heard wrongly[/b]... if Rowntree's latest comments are to be believed.

I take it your not an English teacher

dragonbreath wrote:

SecretFly[b] wrote:You heard wrongly[/b]... if Rowntree's latest comments are to be believed.

I take it your not an English teacher

You can't make a comment like that and get your/you're wrong! Come on!

ChequeredJersey

If you don't work in forensics your in the wrong industry mate!

I always admire you're humour on hear... fa.

gcBlues wrote:

Bathman_in_London wrote:

LondonTiger wrote:

gcBlues wrote:There's a rumour going around the Vale that Phil Vickery has retired.

Big shame just before a Lions tour, who will be the scape goat for the loss in the first test now?

Don't worry lads, he's made it to the camp to keep the spirits up!

Spoiler:

There are now tears of joy streaming down my face

Linebreaker

You'd have to have a sense of humour here mate, ever listened to boeremusic??? That and after spending what seems a lifetime following the Scotland rugby team.

fa0019 wrote:ChequeredJersey

If you don't work in forensics your in the wrong industry mate!

3-0 Australia for me

tecphobe wrote:3-0 Australia for me

Not in a million years.

tecphobe wrote:3-0 Australia for me

I would have agreed but have you seen the battering their squad is taking? Losing some really big players for at least the next month or so

The Lions will implode amongst infighting and recrimination and Gatland will be sacked as Wales coach within 12 months to be replaced by a welsh dream team of holley and howley.

tecphobe wrote:The Lions will implode amongst infighting and recrimination and Gatland will be sacked as Wales coach within 12 months to be replaced by a welsh dream team of holley and howley.

"Infighting". Hilarious. The wallabies have more infighting than any other team in world rugby right now. They are in disarray.

Seriously i live in wales you need to live here to realise how much they love a good bit of politiking and backstabing. Any team there has been too many pickied from one particular country or players have been picked on reputation it has been a disaster .

tecphobe wrote:Seriously i live in wales you need to live here to realise how much they love a good bit of politiking and backstabing. Any team there has been too many pickied from one particular country or players have been picked on reputation it has been a disaster .

Maybe you should reserve judgement until the test team is picked then. There is plenty of backstabbing going on in the Aussie camp believe me. The Lions will be in good company.

I think where AUS has an edge is that probably 10 or the 15 positions are already clear cut. No one is going to push Genia, Horwill, O'Connor, Ashley-Cooper etc out of a test jersey. You won't see their rival players get upset because they have had time to accept the general order of things.

Lions players don't have that order. Players have precious few opportunities to shine and due to the lack of real competition, even those who play well are not certain to test (given its easier to shine against poor opposition).

There will be many players who will be disappointed come test selection and as much as we say players should just accept it... its probably harder then we think. Guys like Healey, Dawson, Henson have all spoken in the media about such grievences in recent tours..... you generally don't see this in settled sides.

It will cause a strain on the best of players, those who have been chosen, those who have not been and those who will be dropped during the test matches.

dragonbreath wrote:

SecretFly[b] wrote:You heard wrongly[/b]... if Rowntree's latest comments are to be believed.

I take it your not an English teacher

Oh you'd hear better stuff than that if you were inclined to read more of me (more bad grammar ) When I chat on 606, I chat - as in I use manys bad words put in wrong places and things because I'm not at school, but if you want to competician in gramere anytime....try me

GunsGerms wrote:

tecphobe wrote:Seriously i live in wales you need to live here to realise how much they love a good bit of politiking and backstabing. Any team there has been too many pickied from one particular country or players have been picked on reputation it has been a disaster .

Maybe you should reserve judgement until the test team is picked then. There is plenty of backstabbing going on in the Aussie camp believe me. The Lions will be in good company.

I dont doubt mate. Gatland is on a tricky wicket either way if he dosnt pick a load of wales players well look what happened to Henry.If he does and they lose the first test which i think is likely he will get slaughtered and be forced into wholescale changes there by losing the second test and the dressing room he dosnt have a plan b its the same approach over and over again

http://www.lionsrugby.com/matchdaytv?play=media&id=15542

Lions at Heaslips restaurant in Dublin.

Artful_Dodger wrote:http://www.lionsrugby.com/matchdaytv?play=media&id=15542

Lions at Heaslips restaurant in Dublin.

I hope Gats paid for his own meal, otherwise questions may be asked if Heaslip makes the test side ....