Aussies fielding under strength team Vs. Lions

[Pondlife]

Halfpenny misses the conversion!!! Aha, forgive me my little joke, of course he doesn't.

Good to see some settled consistency from HP. Bodes well for the tour I hope.

[Mich the Tester]

Flight home for Healy?

Can't see what's happening so just following liveupdates on the beeb.

A pity for Healy.

Even more of a pity for the Aussies who injured him as he's been replaced by this;



I'm glad I stopped.

[Pondlife]

Flight home for Healy?

Can't see what's happening so just following liveupdates on the beeb.

[Mich the Tester]

They have a game against the Waratahs on Saturday so seems like a sensible decision by the Western Force to me. Not playing your test players in the warm up games is almost standard practice on long tours theses days.

Or a stupid scheduling decision by the union.

[Old Hack]

The Racing Metro-bound 10 dummies inside, Western Force number eight Richard Brown buys it like it is two for one at Tescos

Hehehe

[oracleslave]

Underhand me thinks. Maybe the Crims think they'll keep the Lions under cooked for the tests doing this.

Bit piss poor in my book.

They have a game against the Waratahs on Saturday so seems like a sensible decision by the Western Force to me. Not playing your test players in the warm up games is almost standard practice on long tours theses days.

[Mich the Tester]

That's because they normally sneak up behind you to do it.

As opposed to the French who creep up behind you and grab you in the nads. Bastards.
But then they lose so nobody cares.

[Ticktock]

Never seen one of those before

That's because they normally sneak up behind you to do it.
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief...

[Mich the Tester]

Of course it isn't. It was just a cheap shot from a Welshman.

Never seen one of those before

[Mich the Tester]

The Aussies are scared. Big girly wimps, the lot of them.

By the way, do Australia have a front row this time?

Australians; can't bat, can't field, can't bowl, can't scrummage and can't even iron their own flowery blouses.

Sorry, I don't have Mr Gower's talent with words.

[Pondlife]

I wouldn't say this one was under strength, per se. They're all international players!

Of course it isn't. It was just a cheap shot from a Welshman.

[Old Hack]

Agreed.

But so are we

I wouldn't say this one was under strength, per se. They're all international players!

[Pondlife]

Underhand me thinks. Maybe the Crims think they'll keep the Lions under cooked for the tests doing this.

Bit piss poor in my book.

Agreed.

But so are we

As Andrew points out below, whereas the Lions XV to face the Barbarians had a distinctly Welsh flavour, today's team is an Irish-dominated affair.

[Old Hack]

Underhand me thinks. Maybe the Crims think they'll keep the Lions under cooked for the tests doing this.

Bit piss poor in my book.