Lions squad announced....

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This will be a hell of a trip down under

15 taffs
10 english
9 paddies
3 jocks

skipper warburton
coaches gatland, farrell, rowntree, jenkins

surprise ommissions? Robshaw? Visser? Flood? Hook?

Aussie will take some beating out there theyre a heck of a side....we aint won a lions series down under for 24 years

good luck fellas:wavey:

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Rory Best not in the Squad LOOOOOOL most ridiculous thing I have seen in a while he SHOULD BE THE STARTING HOOKER let alone not even being in the squad


If I see Farrell ahead of Sexton I many commit suicide

Ireland destroyed Aus in the World Cup (we are the most pathetic underachievers in Rugby history) so please don't act like Aus are some great team. When France actually show up there the 4th best in the world

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^ Farrell more recently destroyed NZ and made Carter look ****, Sexton is a Jobber

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Rory Best not in the Squad LOOOOOOL most ridiculous thing I have seen in a while he SHOULD BE THE STARTING HOOKER let alone not even being in the squad


If I see Farrell ahead of Sexton I many commit suicide

Ireland destroyed Aus in the World Cup (we are the most pathetic underachievers in Rugby history) so please don't act like Aus are some great team. When France actually show up there the 4th best in the world

Its a total mystery why best isnt in? hes taken youngs who isnt even englands best hooker?

ireland didnt destroy aussie in the world cup but they did beat them.......aussie are 2nd in the world a very good side.....they tend to be more vulnerable in heavy rain when the game gets slowed down.......I suspect gatland will try to dominate them up front before playing a teritorial game and getting sexton to bring in the big backline in their 22

the team will be almost totally irish and welsh....no jocks and maybe 2 englishmen at the most (tuilagi? hartley?)

back row will be interesting , I guess warburton will have to play 7, so then its heaslip v faletau for 8 and obrien v lydiate for 6

centres will be masive contest

you have 4 stars.......BOD the legend but knocking on a bit.......doctor jamie roberts a wrecking ball , the biggest centre on the plant......jonathon foxy davies possibly the next great superstar.....and the human rhino tuilagi

terrific physical players....on his day BOD walks in, but this will be awesome competition

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Novo if you think Farrell should play ahead of Johnny you quite clearly don't know **** about Rugby. Johnny's overall attacking play and defence is on ANOTHER LEVEL to Farrell's go watch him destroy Northampton in the HC final to see possibly the single greatest performance by a fly half in history

Ireland beat them pretty easily tbh in the WC. And I would have South Africa and France(when they actually show up) ahead of Aus. I would have Fal ahead of Jamie and Sean ahead of Lydiate

And i'm sorry but BOD should be automatic the guy is like another Forward in the rucks and was one of a few positives in our six nations disaster

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Also think it's a disgrace POC is not captain. I know who I would rather lead me into battle between Sam and the Ginger nutter

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Novo if you think Farrell should play ahead of Johnny you quite clearly don't know **** about Rugby. Johnny's overall attacking play and defence is on ANOTHER LEVEL to Farrell's go watch him destroy Northampton in the HC final to see possibly the single greatest performance by a fly half in history

Ireland beat them pretty easily tbh in the WC. And I would have South Africa and France(when they actually show up) ahead of Aus. I would have Fal ahead of Jamie and Sean ahead of Lydiate

And i'm sorry but BOD should be automatic the guy is like another Forward in the rucks and was one of a few positives in our six nations disaster

always with the over the top aggression :conf:
anyways as for the rugby, france are not better than australia, nowhere near, france got the wooden spoon and are way behind aussie in the world rankings
whereas south africa and aussie are pretty close they same to be about even the past few seasons

BOD is past his best but he may yet make the side, its a tough call as jon davies, tuilagi and doctor jamie roberts are pretty immense players too in fine form

as for skipper. I would have been quite happy to see POC as skipper. BUT gats didnt go for it as he doesnt see him as a certainty to start the tests (mainly as hes missed most of the season)
POC and BOD and the likes of gethin jenkins , heaslip, adam jones, alun wyn jones have over 250 caps between them , so warburton will have massive support

in warburtons defence, he was a grewat world cup captain aged only 22, took wales to 4th place and won a grand slam and another 6 nations in his forst few seasons....gats is also used to working with him, hes a phenomenal professional athlete , a quiet man, but leads by example.

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Go watch France's last game against vs Aus just before the six nations they EMBARRASSED them

And no Bod is a cert even past his best he still has more in his locker then ANY of those players you mentioned will ever have lol at Jamie Roberts

POC is fine to play ffs he had not played a game in a year came back and destroyed Quins. He said he is mega pumped for the Lions tour and even if 50% fit there is no better player in his position

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Go watch France's last game against vs Aus just before the six nations they EMBARRASSED them

And no Bod is a cert even past his best he still has more in his locker then ANY of those players you mentioned will ever have lol at Jamie Roberts

POC is fine to play ffs he had not played a game in a year came back and destroyed Quins. He said he is mega pumped for the Lions tour and even if 50% fit there is no better player in his position

as always your testosterone is talking so tediously aggressive

france was a disaster this season, humiliated in the 6 nations
thats why theyve dropped down the world rankings. youre the only rugby fan on the planet who thinks france are better than australia, please stop making this claim youre embarassing yourself

POC would be my selection to start and probably as captain, but hes not guranateed starter as hes barely played all season, he has tough competition from alun wyn jones, parling, richie gray to name but a few. so I understand gatlands choice

BOD is possibly the greatest rugby centre of all time, certainly up there....but hes way past his best. yes hes still effective, but hes not a guaranteed starter....personally Id look to bring him in at inside centre with jonathon davies outside him and tuilagi on the bench....I also think roberts is too one dimensional

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France play bad every other 6 nations what your point exactly?? All I know is that in RECENT times they have DESTROYED Aus and should have won the world cup. So what exactly are you basing Aus being better then France on exactly is a question which springs to mind??

And again no just no. Poc is just fine he is playing tonight in fact and is one of the first names on the teamsheet if not the first

BOD is possibly the greatest player ever period and you narrowing it down to just centres is a massive insult to the great man

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I also think Johnny not being selected was also a joke. Guy totally embarrassed Farrell at the weekend and is as clutch as they come

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Johnny"BIG GAME" Sexton destroys another team in a big game

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