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Lions 2013 Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

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  • #7082
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    Whats going on in the Roy Keane pic?


  • #7083
    Stev_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭Stev_o


    Saints must be laughing that they bought two of the best Lions for this season.


  • #7084
    Tox56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Tox56


    Stev_o wrote: »
    Saints must be laughing that they bought two of the best Lions for this season.

    Not to mention Fotulai'i (I'm not even going to attempt to spell that correctly). They thumped Saracens away at the end of last season, could be a serious proposition for Leinster in the H Cup next season


  • #7085
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,920 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    Stev_o wrote: »
    Saints must be laughing that they bought two of the best Lions for this season.

    Dumb question alert, North and?


  • #7086
    Kylee Dead Type
    Posts: 24,798 ✭✭✭✭ Kylee Dead Type


    Pudsy33 wrote: »
    Dumb question alert, North and?

    Corbisiero


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  • #7087
    Swan Curry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭Swan Curry


    They'll want to hope his knees can last an entire season,with Mujati and Tonga'Uiha gone their scrum won't be half as effective.


  • #7088
    neilmulvey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 577 ✭✭✭neilmulvey


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/23215724


  • #7089
    JagerScout
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 392 ✭✭JagerScout


    I'd rather go blind than see that happen.

    Also can the Lions please go away now until at the very least post WC.


  • #7090
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    I'd like to see him stay on but I would like to see Rob Howley banned and a restraining order put on him so that he's not allowed within a mile of Gatland.

    And then someone decent can come in for the backs. That would be an awesome side.


  • #7091
    phog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,204 ✭✭✭✭phog


    neilmulvey wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/23215724

    Based on results ( Wales & Lions) he probably deserves it even if Australia were the weakest of the 3 nations the Lions play against.

    A series win has been a long time coming and he delivered.


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  • #7092
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    I'd like to see him stay on but I would like to see Rob Howley banned and a restraining order put on him so that he's not allowed within a mile of Gatland.

    And then someone decent can come in for the backs. That would be an awesome side.

    Gatty and Schmidt in a Labit/Travers kind of partnership with Farrell (defence) and Rowntree (scrum) as assistants. Then we're talking.


  • #7093
    Kylee Dead Type
    Posts: 24,798 ✭✭✭✭ Kylee Dead Type


    Gatland as forwards coach - with whomever he wants as Scrum coach
    Schmidt as backs coach

    Geech at the helm

    Bish bash bosh becomes

    bish bash bosh scythe turn angle beauty try Tommy BOWWWWWWWWWWE

    with a bundle of tear-jerking speeches


  • #7094
    Garseys
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭Garseys


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Gatland as forwards coach - with whomever he wants as Scrum coach
    Schmidt as backs coach

    Geech at the helm

    Bish bash bosh becomes

    bish bash bosh scythe turn angle beauty try Tommy BOWWWWWWWWWWE

    with a bundle of tear-jerking speeches

    This. all of this.


  • #7095
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    How long a break do the players get before returning to their clubs?


  • #7096
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    [SARCASM] ......but won't he be snatched up for the All Blacks job? [/SARCASM]


  • #7097
    .ak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    How long a break do the players get before returning to their clubs?

    Suppose it depends on the unions. I'd imagine we won't see the Irish players until October


  • #7098
    SlickRic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,719 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    SOB singing Mumford and Sons while, probably, a little bit drunk.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcr20M9hhP0


  • #7099
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    If you're into sports nutrition, this is an interesting enough piece....

    Feeding the Lions


  • #7100
    ConFurioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭ConFurioso


    SlickRic wrote: »
    SOB singing Mumford and Sons while, probably, a little bit drunk.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcr20M9hhP0

    ha! I think the guitarist is feeding him the lines towards the end. :D


  • #7101
    Kylee Dead Type
    Posts: 24,798 ✭✭✭✭ Kylee Dead Type


    If anyone has a good reason not to absolutely love SOB I'd be impressed.

    He's class at everything!


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  • #7102
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Jawgap wrote: »
    If you're into sports nutrition, this is an interesting enough piece....

    Feeding the Lions


    that is interesting. I wonder why they didn't bring their own kitchen staff with them. Cost cutting maybe.


  • #7103
    Lelantos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    You'd have to be drunk to sing anything mu Mumford & sons, the George Hook of the music world :)


  • #7104
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    that is interesting. I wonder why they didn't bring their own kitchen staff with them. Cost cutting maybe.

    That, and the fact Australia is [relatively:D] civilised.

    Looking at the menus, it's fairly straightforward stuff that any half competent chef could prepare - the emphasis seems to be on sourcing the ingredients and observing certain rules about preparation.

    I think specialised chefs only make sense in endurance type sports (cycling, running etc) where more a more exact scientific approach to nutrition can have a bigger impact.


  • #7105
    captbarnacles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭captbarnacles


    phog wrote: »
    Based on results ( Wales & Lions) he probably deserves it even if Australia were the weakest of the 3 nations the Lions play against.

    A series win has been a long time coming and he delivered.

    I don't think he does. Could easily have lost the series before we got a good performance in the final test. Home nations have a terrible record away to New Zealand. Doubt we'll have time to stumble onto our strongest lineup and we'll need a coach who can combine our best into something far greater than any of the individual countries. Did Gatland achieve this on this tour? I don't believe so.


  • #7106
    Kiwi_knock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,471 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    Qantas Wallabies ‏@QantasWallabies
    .@QantasWallabies head coach Robbie Deans has announced this morning he is stepping down from the role effective immediately.

    Big casualty of the tour, I say some in Australia are happy that they lost the series because with a series win it would have been impossible to sack Deans. Deans did not have a great tour, played without an outhalf and could have done more to change up the team.


  • #7107
    toomevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,772 ✭✭✭toomevara


    Mackenzie in, former prop...should help matters for the aussies. Also expect to see regular cooper/genia half back combination.


  • #7108
    phog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,204 ✭✭✭✭phog


    captbarnacles wrote: »
    I don't think he does. Could easily have lost the series before we got a good performance in the final test. Home nations have a terrible record away to New Zealand. Doubt we'll have time to stumble onto our strongest lineup and we'll need a coach who can combine our best into something far greater than any of the individual countries. Did Gatland achieve this on this tour? I don't believe so.

    I doubt the Lions give a rats behind about team performances, I'd hazard a guess it's totally results focussed and to that end Gatland is king at the moment.

    A lot will happen in the next three years but at this moment in time Gatland must be in prime position for the position.


  • #7109
    AlanConroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭AlanConroy


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To2UFcCCTOA

    Roundup of best tries of tour. Some great ones their, especially Norths


  • #7110
    .ak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Rala might've regretted going on tour....

    1000475_591680607519352_1108735765_n.png


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  • #7111
    Garseys
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭Garseys


    .ak wrote: »
    Rala might've regretted going on tour....
    https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1000475_591680607519352_1108735765_n.png

    Didn't they do the same thing to him after the Grand Slam win in 09' ( IIRC he said it on the last lions dvd)

    I think he loves the attention!


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