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British Lions make 3 changes for 2nd test . . .

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RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
27 Jul 2021, 11:20
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27 Jul 2021, 11:20#1

The British Lions team for the 2nd test is as follows:


15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Conor Murray; 1 Mako Vunipola, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Maro Itoje, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 6 Courtney Lawes, 7 Tom Curry, 8 Jack Conan.

Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Tadhg Beirne, 20 Taulupe Faletau, 21 Ali Price, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Elliot Daly.


Mako Vunipola in for Rory Sutherland definitely strengthens the team as does Conor Murray coming in for Ali Price. Not sure if replacing Elliot Daly with Chris Harris will improve them but Harris is at least a specialist centre while Daly is more of a utility player and he is on the bench anyway.

Toby Faletau also comes onto the bench in place of Hamish Watson who falls out of the match 23.

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kingcornPro3,695 posts
27 Jul 2021, 12:09
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27 Jul 2021, 12:09#2

Looks like Gatland plans on exploiting the boks weakness around the box kicks. Also looks like he wants to turn the screws by introducing Vinopola to give Trevor and Malherbe a hard time. 

Will be interesting to see what Rassie and Jacque springs this time

But we need start kicking less, make their backline work and try to use our dangerous outside backs. 

I would definitely drop Kwagga and Malherbe for the next game. 

Pity that Rassie thought that he should drop Dan Du Preez and Rober Du Preez from the squad. 

We have a few options that we could have done here. 

I know some of you oaks spoke about moving PTSD back to 5. 

Another alternative would have been to have the 

Kitshoff, Marx, Louw

Etsebeth, PTSD

Kolisi, Dan DuPreez, Rob Du Preez


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RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
27 Jul 2021, 12:30
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27 Jul 2021, 12:30#3

kingcorn, I a ssume you mean Jean-Luc rather than Rob.

Unfortunately Rassie doesn't rate the du Preez twins and he's dropped them from the squad for now but for what it's worth, I definitely agree with you. I'd have them both in my match 23.

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
27 Jul 2021, 15:31
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27 Jul 2021, 15:31#4

But then you also rated Deysel….better than Juan Smith according to you Peeper. And you were huge for Watson and Notshe, future Bok captain as I recall.

Maybe it’s best if you don’t opine on loosies?

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RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
27 Jul 2021, 15:40
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27 Jul 2021, 15:40#5

Pfffffffffffhahahahaha!

Oh look, it's the drunken old fossil who'd never heard of Robbie Henshaw until last Saturday!

LMAO!

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RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
27 Jul 2021, 15:53
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27 Jul 2021, 15:53#6
"Who ish this Hendershon chap anyway . . . I don't think he'sh a very good lock . . . hic . . . or centre . . . hic . . . at all and remember, I can integrate x with the . . . hic . . . with the shquare root of  a thoushand . . . talking of which . . . hic . . . I have a . . . a thoush . . . thoushand bottles of . . . hic . . . booze in my houshe . . . but I'm not a . . . hic . . . a drunkard . . . hic! . . . Shorry I meant Henshon. Gavin Henshon, that'sh the chap . . . hic."
LMAO!
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
27 Jul 2021, 16:16
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27 Jul 2021, 16:16#7
Lush please….we both know who the drunkard who needed AA is here. Did they also help you with the drugs?
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RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
27 Jul 2021, 17:33
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27 Jul 2021, 17:33#8

Yes, I think we both know who the drunkard is.

At any given time I might have a bottle of gin, a bottle of brandy and a bottle of Jack Daniels in my cupboard, a 6 pack of Windhoek draughts iny fridge and maybe a dozen red wines on my wine rack. As a moderate drinker I don't have to refill that often and the alcohol bans during lockdown don't bother me at all as I don't drink enough to run out.

So that's about 15 bottles and a 6 pack of beers.

Then we have the lifeless old drunkard who boasts about having over a thousand bottles of dop in his house. 

Who needs a thousand bottles of alcohol? Someone with a serious drinking problem, that's who. 

Throw in your laughably ignorant (or drunken) posts and your pathetic need for recognition and admiration on a meaningless message board and I think it"s pretty obvious who the lifeless drunk is.

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
27 Jul 2021, 18:05
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27 Jul 2021, 18:05#9
Moderate drinkers don’t have to go to AA Lush, you are an habitual drinker. A lush.My thousand bottles are earning a great return, particularly the Burgundies and are perfectly safe in my cellar..these days I might have a glass on occasions. You by contrast suip every day.
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AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
27 Jul 2021, 22:22
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27 Jul 2021, 22:22#10

Notshe all time great Bok. Damian, goat of goats. Watson, Pretorius over Butch (2007) etc and so forth. Easily worse than Lügnerin, and that's saying something. 

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