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Lions Tour

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  • #1802
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    accensi0n wrote: »
    Weird way to get injured.
    Yeah, it's usually a metaphor for drowning. But times change I suppose.


  • #1803
    shootermacg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,985 ✭✭✭shootermacg


    Buer wrote: »
    Beard isn't really a bean pole. He's tall but he's also over 120kg. He's extremely durable and physical in the tight.

    He's about the same height as Ryan but the 8kg heavier. He also has better hands in the loose. Ryan should take this summer as a suggestion to work on those elements where he can improve. He's generally a better player than Beard but not at the aspects Gatland needs.

    If they were touring Australia this summer, I believe Ryan would go just as someone like Parling went in 2013.

    RB:
    Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
    Weight 112 kg (17.6 st; 247 lb)


    JR:
    Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1]
    Weight 112 kg (17.6 st; 247 lb)

    GC:
    Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
    Weight 110 kg (17 st; 240 lb)


  • #1804
    accensi0n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,031 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    shootermacg wrote: »
    RB:
    Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
    Weight 112 kg (17.6 st; 247 lb)


    JR:
    Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1]
    Weight 112 kg (17.6 st; 247 lb)

    GC:
    Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
    Weight 110 kg (17 st; 240 lb)

    Who's RB?


  • #1805
    StevenToast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Conor murray is a brutal choice of captain......

    "SUBSCRIBE TO BOARDS YOU TIGHT CÙNT".....Plato 400 B.C



  • #1806
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,814 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    accensi0n wrote: »
    Who's RB?

    Looks like he's somehow taken Beard as Ryan Baird. Because they're Baird's measurements.

    Adam BEARD is 6'8 and 120kg.


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  • #1807
    shootermacg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,985 ✭✭✭shootermacg


    Squidgy Black wrote: »
    Looks like he's somehow taken Beard as Ryan Baird. Because they're Baird's measurements.

    Adam BEARD is 6'8 and 120kg.

    Apologies, but Adam is even more impressive than I thought. A man's man with a great beard. How could you not pick him?


  • #1808
    PeggyShippen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭PeggyShippen


    The Dubs on here moaning about Murray for years must be scratching their heads . Conor Murray made lions captain and he wouldnt make the 'Leinster Lions' bench..

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  • #1809
    shootermacg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,985 ✭✭✭shootermacg


    PeggyShippen wrote: »
    The Dubs on here moaning about Murray for years must be scratching their heads . Conor Murray made lions captain and he wouldnt make the 'Leinster Lions' bench..

    His passing, approach to the ruck, decision making is glacial. You know who you are :)


  • #1810
    Clegg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,431 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Wonder whose alt account that is?


  • #1811
    AlfaZen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭AlfaZen


    StevenToast wrote: »
    Conor murray is a brutal choice of captain......

    Should be Dennis Hickey -right?


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  • #1812
    accensi0n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,031 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    shootermacg wrote: »
    Apologies, but Adam is even more impressive than I thought. A man's man with a great beard. How could you not pick him?

    Dig up.


  • #1813
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,912 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    PeggyShippen wrote: »
    The Dubs on here moaning about Murray for years must be scratching their heads . Conor Murray made lions captain and he wouldnt make the 'Leinster Lions' bench..

    You're not really comparing like with like.

    He's never been Munster club captain or Ireland captain for more than a cameo. And yet he's Lion captain for entirely sensible reasons.

    And you're wrong, he would make the Leinster bench. Just.


  • #1814
    salmocab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,947 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    You're not really comparing like with like.

    He's never been Munster club captain or Ireland captain for more than a cameo. And yet he's Lion captain for entirely sensible reasons.

    And you're wrong, he would make the Leinster bench. Just.

    I think the posters use of Dubs show where he keeps his chip.


  • #1815
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    As long as the Lions get two dubs against the Saffers, that's all that matters.


  • #1816
    shootermacg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,985 ✭✭✭shootermacg


    salmocab wrote: »
    I think the posters use of Dubs show where he keeps his chip.

    Ah to be fair, Leinster = dub schools + 1% of token culchies like TF, Henshaw, Cronin, SoB etc.


  • #1817
    Former Former Former
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Former Former Former


    Spare a thought for Gareth Davies and Ali Price too, tour hadn't even started and just been told that they're both out of the running for the test team.


  • #1818
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    shootermacg wrote: »
    RB:
    Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
    Weight 112 kg (17.6 st; 247 lb)


    JR:
    Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1]
    Weight 112 kg (17.6 st; 247 lb)

    GC:
    Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
    Weight 110 kg (17 st; 240 lb)

    Who's GC?


  • #1819
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Who's GC?

    Judging by the stats... Gavin Coombes?


  • #1820
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Hmmm. Probably only the off topic thread and maybe the super rugby thread don’t descend into Leinster - munster spats.

    A picture told a thousand words with AWJs expression coming off the field there. Would make a grown man cry.


  • #1821
    TRC10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭TRC10


    Wow, I didn't see that coming.

    Incredible honour for Murray. I'm absolutely chuffed for him.

    It says a lot about how highly he's regarded and the influence he has in camp. He's never even captained Munster, and now he's leading the Lions on tour.

    He's on a list with some absolute Irish greats. Willie John, POC, BOD.


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  • #1822
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,928 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    TRC10 wrote: »
    Wow, I didn't see that coming.

    Incredible honour for Murray. I'm absolutely chuffed for him.

    It says a lot about how highly he's regarded and the influence he has in camp. He's never even captained Munster, and now he's leading the Lions on tour.

    He's on a list with some absolute Irish greats. Willie John, POC, BOD.



    He has captained Munster.


  • #1823
    TRC10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭TRC10


    lawrencesummers wrote: »
    He has captained Munster.

    Must have missed that

    When was it?

    I'm just going purely off my memory, but I usually have a good memory for these things. Evidently not in this case.


  • #1824
    KIB4Life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭KIB4Life


    Former Former Former wrote: »
    Spare a thought for Gareth Davies and Ali Price too, tour hadn't even started and just been told that they're both out of the running for the test team.

    But at the same time Warburton was the captain for the last tour and Peter O’Mahony started as captain ahead of him for the first test so Garland could do anything and is not afraid to make some tough calls. But it’s looking like Murray will start anyway barring injury or unless he puts in some really poor performances between now and the first test.


  • #1825
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    KIB4Life wrote: »
    But at the same time Warburton was the captain for the last tour and Peter O’Mahony started as captain ahead of him for the first test so Garland could do anything and is not afraid to make some tough calls. But it’s looking like Murray will start anyway barring injury or unless he puts in some really poor performances between now and the first test.
    That wasn't the first test, it was against the Maori All Blacks iirc.


  • #1826
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,404 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    Justin Tipuric's tour is over too.


  • #1827
    Bazzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    prawnsambo wrote: »
    That wasn't the first test, it was against the Maori All Blacks iirc.

    No, he's correct, it was the first test. Warburton benched and O'Mahony started as captain. Warburton might have been coming back from injury, I can't remember.


  • #1828
    TRC10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭TRC10


    He captained v the MABs and then was captain in the 1st test a week later.

    Warburton was injured for a couple of the provincial games and the back row of POM/SOB/Faletau went really well vs the Crusaders and the MABs and Gatland didn't want to break that up.

    So Murray definitely isn't pencilled in to start the 1st test


  • #1829
    KIB4Life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭KIB4Life


    prawnsambo wrote: »
    That wasn't the first test, it was against the Maori All Blacks iirc.

    No O’Mahony definitely was starting captain for the first test in the last tour, he captained them against the Maori All Blacks as well but he did started the first test against New Zealand as captain, Warburton was on the bench for the first test against New Zealand.


  • #1830
    OneLungDavy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭OneLungDavy


    dregin wrote: »
    Judging by the stats... Gavin Coombes?
    Why on earth is someone comparing the size stats of James Ryan, Ryan Baird and Gavin Coombes in a Lions thread?


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  • #1831
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,151 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Congrats to Conor. I was surprised when I first heard the news, it definitely came out of left field, but he is probably nailed on as anyone can be in the team and is quite calm on the pitch as well which contrasts to someoneike Owen Farrell. Also, if he isn't the most experienced Lion in the squad now he would be pretty close.


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