Lions team for First Test against Springboks
Finally, the British and Irish Lions have named their team for the game on Saturday against the Boks in Durban and there are a few surprises! The biggest shock is the omission of IRB Player of the Year Shane Williams. The Irish winger does not even make the match day 22. Instead the Lions have...
Boks name team for first test against Lions
We are just a few days away now from the much anticipated first test between the Springboks and the Lions. Bok coach, PDV has named hist starting XV for the game and there are not many surprises. The one notable change is forced due to the injury of Burger which sees Brussow come in for...
Lions vs Sharks verdict by Guru and Manny
Guru’s take on the game: The B&I Lions in summation, had a terrible first half. They ended up pulling it together from the 46th Minute onwards. They looked very rusty, uncoordinated and got easily frustrated at the breakdown where only in the second half, did they manage to clean out their opponents effectively. All I...
Why the Lions will beat the Boks
Even though I am backing the Lions to win the series I have noticed that they have two big weaknesses which are somewhat related. First they are very susceptible to the counter attack. Secondly they do not have a decent fetcher and as such dont get much turnover ball and cant prevent the opposition from...
The Lions are here
We got to see who the real Lions were last night and it were the ones from Britain and Ireland! If there was any doubt that the British & Irish Lions do not mean business on this tour, then last nights 74-10 win against the Golden Lions, just went to show that you can not...
Springboks name squad for Lions Tour
The moment we were all waiting for happened last night when the Springbok squad to take on the Lions was named. There were not too many surprises as we expected that that bulk of the squad would come from the Bulls and Sharks. I guess what we were really waiting for was to see if...
Lions get off to a slow start against the Royal XV
The British & Irish Lions Tour kicked off on Saturday in Rustenburg as the Lions took on the Royal XV. I will be honest, I thought the Lions were going to blitz the Royal XV but I was very wrong. The Royal XV actually made life very tough for the Lions but in the end...
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