British, irish and italian lions!

Stick_man

Make it happen! Parisse to captain the lions!:D Seriously how good is this guy? Possibly only McCaw is ahead of him in the world game ad even that is debatable. A titan.

zAbbo

Don't you mean Argentine lions?

Stick_man

zAbbo wrote: »

Don't you mean Argentine lions?

Yes your quite right, in that case Hernandez at fly-half!

Stev_o

Stick_man wrote: »

Yes your quite right, in that case Hernandez at fly-half!

Zabbo could possibly be taking the mick and is basically saying that nearly half of that Italian team were born in Argentina.

pickarooney

Stev_o wrote: »

Zabbo could possibly be taking the mick and is basically saying that nearly half of that Italian team were born in Argentina.

But practically all Argies are originally Italian, so he they're just claiming them back :P

Orizio

pickarooney wrote: »

But practically all Argies are originally Italian, so he they're just claiming them back :P

Spanish I thought?

Agent Smith

significant amout of irish there also!

sm.org

Agent Smith wrote: »

significant amout of irish there also!

Have you seen the arses on the average Argie birds? No wonder there's fields of Paddys over there.

anonymous_joe

zAbbo wrote: »

Don't you mean Argentine lions?

I thought Parisse was Argie too, but in fact, he was born there, yeah, but both his parents are Italian, his dad worked for Alitalia (might be wrong there) and he spent most of his childhood summers in Italy and spoke Italian at home. So he is fairly Italian. :pac:

Agent Smith wrote: »

significant amout of irish there also!

Coached by Santiago Phelan. ^^

sm.org

Castrogiovanni would walk into the team as well. He absolutely beasted Sheridan and always made ground despite getting the ball consistantly behind the gain line.

Stick_man

Agreed about castrogeovanni. The english media have Sheridian as nailed on for Lions loose-head yet his form has been woeful. Id have Jenkins over him at the moment, while Horan never even gets a mention.

toomevara

Stick_man wrote: »

The english media have Sheridian as nailed on for Lions loose-head .

Actually they don't, and neither does the rugby going public...there's been consternation over his continued inclusion in the squad over here, with most people saying he needs the shepherds crook...He was embarrassed yesterday and most of the english media are saying so....he wont get near a lions shirt

bren2002

Good spattering of Welsh out in Argentina too. There's even a village where they speak Welsh. Trelew.

Stick_man

He now should be captain and fly-half!! Hes hitting drop goals now, Zinzan Brooke eat your heart out:D

handsomecake

Stick_man wrote: »

Make it happen! Parisse to captain the lions!:D Seriously how good is this guy? Possibly only McCaw is ahead of him in the world game ad even that is debatable. A titan.

id say sooialo,burger ,george smith,spies,kankowski,palu,juan smith,adam thomson,kaino are better then him(parisse that is)

Stev_o

handsomecake wrote: »

id say sooialo,burger ,george smith,spies,kankowski,palu,juan smith,adam thomson,kaino are better then him(parisse that is)

No way in hell. Let's see some of them play in a limited side and see what they can do.

Stick_man

handsomecake wrote: »

id say sooialo,burger ,george smith,spies,kankowski,palu,juan smith,adam thomson,kaino are better then him(parisse that is)

Yeah your probably right but why stop there? I reckon any forward that can stand upright for more then five seconds is better then him.

Stev_o

handsomecake wrote: »

id say sooialo,burger ,george smith,spies,kankowski,palu,juan smith,adam thomson,kaino are better then him(parisse that is)

When have any of those players nearly created a try from uncontested scrums like Parrise did right there? :rolleyes:

handsomecake

Stev_o wrote: »

No way in hell. Let's see some of them play in a limited side and see what they can do.

STADE FRANCAIS LIMITED???

GiftofGab

I actually feel sorry for Parisse. He is such a great player yet playing for such a s**t italian side. He carries the team yet is only so much one player can do.

No way would I like the italians joining the Lions. The lions is a valued tradition and i would not like to see that ruined.

Nothingcompares

Perhaps for giggles the French, Argentinians and the Italians could form a touring side.

Tirabaralla

zAbbo wrote: »

Don't you mean Argentine lions?

Please, try not to be ignorant (generally speaking)...circa 3 and a half millions of italians emigrated to Argentina (1830-1960), in the 19th century italians were a 10% of the population of Buenos Aires, later some of these people were political refugees, at the beginning of 1900 we were a 12.5% of the entire argentinian population...nowadays HALF of the argentian have italians origins and blood,the italian comunity is huge and the italian ethnic group is the main one along with the spanish one. This is not about Parisse (who has, as said, a bit of a different story), but generally speaking this explains you why why have "argentinian" players ^_^

anladmór

Europe against the rest of the world.

DavidMctigue

1.Sheridan
2.Flannery
3.Castro
4.Bortilami
5.O'Connell (C)
6.Dave Wallace (6 Because He Aint A Natural Open Side)
7.Martin Williams
8.Sergio Parise
9.Peel
10.O'Gara
11.Shane Williams
12.Lee Byrne (I Tink He Wud Be Gr8 At Inside Centre But Cud Understand PPL Disagreeing)
13.O'Driscoll
14.Josh Lewsey
15.Kearney

Any 1 Disagree
Potential Disagreement :4, 12, 14,

But To Beat South Africa All Other Postions Would Be Perfect
Kennedy r A-W Jones @4
D'arcy r Bishop @12
Fitzgerald, Bowe r Thomas @14

LilOc

Nothingcompares wrote: »

Perhaps for giggles the French, Argentinians and the Italians could form a touring side.

Let's add the Romanians and this Latin side will start looking like something!

Noopti

Stick_man wrote: »

Make it happen! Parisse to captain the lions!:D Seriously how good is this guy? Possibly only McCaw is ahead of him in the world game ad even that is debatable. A titan.

And Heaslip, Harinordoquy and maybe even possibly Powell.

Stick_man

Noopti wrote: »

And Heaslip, Harinordoquy and maybe even possibly Powell.

Are you serious!? Harinordoquy can compete with him on pure abilty but is nowhere near as consistent. Heaslip isnt even the best number eight in Ireland, Ditto Powell in Wales.

Sangre

of course heaslip is the best number 8 in ireland.