BOD to have his greatest game ever.

Along with Tommy Bowe...

The back row are going to be ferocious, Youngs is going to give lightning quick ball & the backs will electrify.

Big mistake by Australia closing the roof. Nearly everyone in the test 15 has experienced success at the millennium stadium under a closed roof & it will almost seem like a home match for some.

Theyll need more than a roof...my guess is the Lions defence...or lack of it... will decide this match...

 or his worst ever!

Hardly his worst. 14 tackles made and 0 missed. No one in the backline offered an attacking threat. Gameplan was awful.

Taylorman wrote:Theyll need more than a roof...my guess is the Lions defence...or lack of it... will decide this match...

And so it was...

Taylorman wrote:

Taylorman wrote:Theyll need more than a roof...my guess is the Lions defence...or lack of it... will decide this match...

And so it was...

Nothing like an ego:king: 

yeah that was for you rw, thought you'd be in after the mess bagging us kiwi's one way or another without as usual an original thought or contribution yourself...

Thought the Lions defence was pretty good- you spend as much time defending against a team like Australia as they did and you are going to concede a try, but the number of times they came up with decisive turnovers to end promising Aussie attacks was excellent.

Blame their forwards for failing to provide any platform up front.

His defence is right up there but I think he's past his best attacking wise but if he has a Roberts or a Manu smashing holes in the line then anything is possible.
Davies has been solid but he hardly has given BOD a platform to attack  from.

fa0019 wrote:His defence is right up there but I think he's past his best attacking wise but if he has a Roberts or a Manu smashing holes in the line then anything is possible.
Davies has been solid but he hardly has given BOD a platform to attack  from.

http://www.rugbystats.com.au/matches/rugby/match22231.html

In fairness to the backline they didn't have one quick ruck in the whole game so would have been coming up against an Aussie defense that had time to get organised.

Both Lions centres were poor. Only time I noticed BOD was when he kicked either to touch making about five yards or kicking straight to their back three. Oh and one high tackle using the shoulder which luckily the ref missed. Lions miss Roberts and need a player with some impact. Sadly Tuilagi is not at his best but he would provide more go forward than either of the current choices.