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tigerburnie 
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 Posted: 17 Jul 2025 at 09:47 |
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Harry Potter is an excellent player, a key player in the Leicester Tigers title winning side.
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FHLH
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Posted: 19 Jul 2025 at 12:54 |
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Hmmmm.....could do better....but a win is a win
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Posted: 19 Jul 2025 at 12:57 |
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Great first half awful second but have to give Australia some credit they improved a lot final 40
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Posted: 19 Jul 2025 at 13:09 |
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Lost a lot of momentum when Genge, Furlong & Curry were substituted.
Oz will be a lot better next week ergo so must the Lions.
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#AClubForLife💛❤️🖤
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Paul10
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Posted: 19 Jul 2025 at 13:44 |
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That was very flat for a Lions game.
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Posted: 19 Jul 2025 at 14:16 |
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Agree with all of the above. Decent first half if not slightly wasteful in the backs. Forward pack very good, aside from a couple of scrum pens.
Second half very average. Should have kept Finn Russell on for the duration, although perhaps sensible resting such a key player when game was won. The match petered out for the Lions. Should have had closer to 40 points if they'd kept up the quality and intensity. A win is a win and it'll be a 3 - 0 whitewash I believe, but that ought to be tempered with the fact that Australia are a considerable distance behind SA and the All Blacks in quality in terms of the southern hemisphere.
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Posted: 19 Jul 2025 at 21:44 |
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Felt like we knew the result from the off, Wallabies so deflated at times
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FHLH
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Posted: 19 Jul 2025 at 22:50 |
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....and now England are held up by thunder & lightning (sorry, wrong thread)
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"My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts."
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Posted: 20 Jul 2025 at 08:30 |
Ran out winners 40pts to 5
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Posted: 21 Jul 2025 at 07:40 |
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Farrell to captain Lions against Pasifika team
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Posted: 24 Jul 2025 at 07:56 |
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Ringrose withdraws after being named in Lions side
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Posted: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:36 |
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Owen Farrell and James Ryan on the same bench...
That's a lot of penalties to risk. Referee Piardi was ref for Leinster's victories in URC semi and final this year.
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Posted: 24 Jul 2025 at 11:53 |
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At least if the Lions concede a shedload of penalties it might make a game of it!
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FHLH
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Itoje suffering from Robshawitis - "he started it" ref "go away"
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Posted: Yesterday at 17:44 |
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Great test match though
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Posted: 20 hours 32 minutes ago at 20:35 |
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Didn’t see a problem with Morgan’s clear out But then he grabbed Australian players legs and yanked him to the ground Is that not tackle without the ball However Russell should have gone for drop goal.
But as you say TB great test match
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Posted: 9 hours 4 minutes ago at 08:03 |
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Will Owen Farrell start the last test, also got to stop giving so many penalties away
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Probably, given daddy is the coach. I think some of the missed conversions will probably be the justification for it. (In seriousness, I know I make the "daddy's boy" jokes here but I do like Owen and I think its great he is proving the haters wrong in every Lions appearance)
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tigerburnie
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Posted: 3 hours 36 minutes ago at 13:31 |
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Out of the 10's available, the two "Finns" have not been barnstorming, ok, but not fantastic Marcus has lost a lot of form, so I would not be too surprised if young Fazlet was picked.
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Posted: 1 hour 28 minutes ago at 15:39 |
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i think that the Morgan clear out Debate will roll and roll especially in Australia. However I think that the issue with any Ruck and Maul is the clear out full stop. Only once did the referee penalise either side for reckless charging in and taking players off the side all of which must be off side as they had gone beyond the back foot. There were incidents in the first teat when Australian players took players who were not bound off to create holes for players to run through. It is becoming a "Grey area" which the referees are struggling to Manage
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