South Africa vs British and Irish Lions 7th August

by **RDW** Sun 01 Aug 2021, 11:26 pm

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South Africa vs British and Irish Lions 7th August - Page 7 A_10

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SOUTH AFRICA v BRITISH & IRISH LIONS
Saturday 7th August
KO: 18:00 SAST / 17:00 UK / 02:00 Australia Crying or Very sad

Cape Town Stadium
Sky Sports Main Event

TEAMS:

SOUTH AFRICA
A very large bunch of blokes.

WAZZER'S WIZARDS

15. Liam Williams (Scarlets, Wales) #833
14. Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby, Wales) #836
13. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #824
12. Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby, Ireland) #837
11. Duhan van der Merwe (Worcester Warriors, Scotland) #841
10. Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints, Wales) #821
09. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors, Scotland) #843

01. Wyn Jones (Scarlets, Wales) #842
02. Ken Owens (Scarlets, Wales) #829
03. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #818
04. Maro Itoje (Saracens, England) #825
05. Alun Wyn Jones – captain (Ospreys, Wales) #761
06. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, England) #826
07. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, England) #853
08. Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #839

16. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, England) #851
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, England) #787
18. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, England) #814
19. Adam Beard (Ospreys, Wales) #852
20. Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, England) #849
21. Conor Murray (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #790
22. Finn Russell (Racing 92, Scotland) #835
23. Elliot Daly (Saracens, England) #822

by **RiscaGame** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:27 pm

Great captaincy again. Same as the first test.

by **Rugby Fan** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:27 pm

Masterstroke by Gatland to bring Russell on so early.

by Duty281 Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:27 pm

Would have been a YC if the Lions didn't go over there. Brilliant try.

by **BigGee** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:28 pm

Wow, Finn may well be on his game today!

10-3 Lions!

by Guest Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:29 pm

The Sheriff of Carmarthen! Get in!

by Duty281 Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:30 pm

This is brilliant stuff. Referee telling South Africa they can't have a time-out.

by Heaf Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:30 pm

Duty281 wrote:Would have been a YC if the Lions didn't go over there. Brilliant try.

That's the crazy thing about the way the laws work - you get more of an advantage if you don't score

by **RiscaGame** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:31 pm

Wyn Jones not getting any reward.

by **BigGee** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:33 pm

Great catch from Williams

by eirebilly Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:33 pm

I am not sure if ye are all seeing this (or hearing it) but AWJ is having a stormer, he is calling the Lions defense superbly. What a captain thumbsup

by **BigGee** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:36 pm

Williams should have let that pass go!

by **Rugby Fan** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:39 pm

This pitch is offering no purchase for players. It looks worse than the last two matches.

by eirebilly Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:39 pm

Russell is injecting some speed into the midfield and in turn out wide. Superb stuff from him.

AWJ, is leading in everything. This is a brilliant performance so far.

by **RiscaGame** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:46 pm

Shocking angle on their 3

by mikey_dragon Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:48 pm

We’ve got a bit more luck this week.

by **RiscaGame** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:51 pm

No supporting their weight on that turnover

by Duty281 Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:53 pm

Despite the high-octane effort, Lions only four points up. Two visits deep to the 22 resulting in nil points. Will the game follow the pattern of the series so far and SA dominate the second half?

Strong refereeing performance so far. Amazing how much less aggro there is without Faf on the pitch.

Ah, TMO check...

by Sgt_Pooly Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:56 pm

Not camera angle...now there's a shock.

The SA camera work is truly awful.

by **BigGee** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:56 pm

Well we definitely had the better of that half, without getting the reward on the scoreboard.

I am encouraged by the way we are playing though and we have some players coming off the bench who will buy into that game plan.

All to play for.

by Old Man Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:56 pm

Lions looking good

by Pot Hale Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:56 pm

Who needs the hook?

by eirebilly Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:58 pm

My only hope now is that Gatland doesn't tell Finn to reign it in...

They have looked so much better with him testing the Boks defense.

by alfie Sat 07 Aug 2021, 5:59 pm

Sounds like a cracker of a match...

Unfortunately I don't have TV coverage of this so have to rely on text - and the wisdom of those on here of course Smile

Will have to stick to the cricket and read this thread later...

by formerly known as Sam Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:00 pm

Don't know how the ref missed us being off our feet at that last breakdown. Ball had clearly left the ruck, very lucky for us and Lawes.

Lions attack looks massively improved with Russell in at 10. Adds a level of unpredictability that stops Am just picking off our backs moves.

by R!skysports Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:02 pm

Should be out of sight.

Williams 2 or 1 a shocker and curry needlessly going in front of that ruck. So silly

If we keep this up then we have a chance

Russel making a huge difference since on

Vdm showing what he can do with ball in hand

Itogi having another good game

Come on keep it up

by formerly known as Sam Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:02 pm

eirebilly wrote:I am not sure if ye are all seeing this (or hearing it) but AWJ is having a stormer, he is calling the Lions defense superbly. What a captain

He's getting mullered in contact but that offload for Itoje was top drawer. He's definitely employing the top two inches well.

by Pot Hale Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:02 pm

Two try chances.

Price dropped one and Williams hogged the other.

by R!skysports Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:04 pm

Pot Hale wrote:Two try chances.

Price dropped one and Williams hogged the other.

3

That ruck was going over before curry went 3 yards in front of it

At least curry had his first turnover in the 3 tests at the end Wink

by eirebilly Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:05 pm

formerly known as Sam wrote:
eirebilly wrote:I am not sure if ye are all seeing this (or hearing it) but AWJ is having a stormer, he is calling the Lions defense superbly. What a captain

He's getting mullered in contact but that offload for Itoje was top drawer. He's definitely employing the top two inches well.

Not sure he is getting mullered in contact myself, think he has been solid and taking the ball up regularly.

My point was, he is not only calling the forward defense but the backs defense as well.

He is having a stormer.

by **BigGee** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:06 pm

eirebilly wrote:My only hope now is that Gatland doesn't tell Finn to reign it in...

They have looked so much better with him testing the Boks defense.

He may tell him all he likes, this is Finn's probable only shot at this, I think he will just play his own game. It seems to be working in any case!

by eirebilly Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:07 pm

BigGee wrote:
eirebilly wrote:My only hope now is that Gatland doesn't tell Finn to reign it in...

They have looked so much better with him testing the Boks defense.

He may tell him all he likes, this is Finn's probable only shot at this, I think he will just play his own game. It seems to be working in any case!

by Pot Hale Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:07 pm

R!skysports wrote:
Pot Hale wrote:Two try chances.

Price dropped one and Williams hogged the other.

3

That ruck was going over before curry went 3 yards in front of it

At least curry had his first turnover in the 3 tests at the end

Fair point.

We need an Irish player to f*ck up now to get the full bingo.

by bsando Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:08 pm

R!skysports wrote:
Pot Hale wrote:Two try chances.

Price dropped one and Williams hogged the other.

3

That ruck was going over before curry went 3 yards in front of it

At least curry had his first turnover in the 3 tests at the end

No need to bash on individual players. The Lions are right in this and no one player is messing things up. If anything I've seen a lot of positives from all the players so far and the second half is going to be a really tense encounter. Credit has to go to the SA defence, they've done very well to hold off the Lions and won some excellent turnovers.

by jimbopip Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:09 pm

FINN FINN FINN
Go on Dancer!!!!

by **RiscaGame** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:10 pm

I don’t think I’ll ever be convinced that’s not a shoulder charge clear out, no matter how low it is. There’s no arm involved. It’s also around shoulder height on Wyn Jones.

by eirebilly Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:12 pm

Now if Sky could mute Will Greenwood, I would be happy.

Great player but woeful pundit.

by **RiscaGame** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:13 pm

eirebilly wrote:Now if Sky could mute Will Greenwood, I would be happy.

Great player but woeful pundit.

Really don’t like the asking Owens his opinion all the time too.

by Pot Hale Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:13 pm

Jones needs to come off.

by **BigGee** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:14 pm

Is Wyn Jones struggling now?

Might be time to get Mako on.

Even as I type, he comes on!

by Guest Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:14 pm

eirebilly wrote:Now if Sky could mute Will Greenwood, I would be happy.

Great player but woeful pundit.

He’s an Eddie Butler in training!

by Guest Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:16 pm

Shame for Wyn Jones. Scrum has been improved this week.

All the best Mako! Go and make history.

by mikey_dragon Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:17 pm

If Etzebeth or Mostert have to go off that’s very good for us…

by Heaf Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:19 pm

Seems SA have medics on the pitch at every set piece

by mikey_dragon Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:19 pm

Yeah, ‘medics’ and ‘waterboys’.

by Pot Hale Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:21 pm

Jack Conan playing a stormer.

by **RiscaGame** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:21 pm

Where’s the seatbelt tackle consistency?

by Guest Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:21 pm

Heaf wrote:Seems SA have medics on the pitch at every set piece

Yeah taking the pace off the game and allow the (possibly) less fit SA players more of a rest.

by miltonkeynesengland Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:22 pm

Beard on please. And if you're brave Simmonds for Curry.

by **RiscaGame** Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:23 pm

They popped up.

by eirebilly Sat 07 Aug 2021, 6:23 pm

miltonkeynesengland wrote:Beard on please. And if you're brave Simmonds for Curry.

Big call but bang on thumbsup

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