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Bulls will be in the final.
Opponents? One of Pumas Griquas Sharks

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Not Rassie

https://rugby365.com/tournaments/britis ... enFCMjdZQg

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Springboks were a little tired from covid. No excuses this time. So the finished XV only looked better because of that, actually the starting XV were your best team

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By the look of things the United Cup that kicks off in a months time will need a near test side. The "Aussie" (he's actually one of those best of Samoa/Tonga/Fiji that nz poach early age for ABs) played 7 tests and then left for UK Harlequins. I think the buy was just to up the test experience same ...

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Lions quite surprisingly changed their winning team. From starting to different bench is 7/23 changes = 30% change Murray for Ali Price a huge step backwards Daly swap understandable Ox is only 1.73m so understandable he got under Sutherland at 1.83m. Best of all is Ox is injured. It's 4 out of 23 ...

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Lions quite surprisingly changed their winning team. From starting to different bench is 7/23 changes = 30% change
Murray for Ali Price a huge step backwards
Daly swap understandable
Ox is only 1.73m so understandable he got under Sutherland at 1.83m. Best of all is Ox is injured.

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Changes from the Times and Telegraph from source in Lions
Vunipola
Aki
Watson
comes in
Boks got an extra day now to prepare for these 3 thanks to the backstabber in the Lions camp

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Eduan Keyter is an excellent buy! Sharks keep on building their team

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The law of unintended consequences, Gatland finally plays a Scot and we get Blackmac going all parochial on us and thinking the opinion of a Scot matters. I've never seen precious like this from a Scot. :lol: Your Saffer touched the ball 5 times , and you're preparing the open top bus tour for him....

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So that's a hard one to figure out selection wise. Daly and Hogg in the backs really didn't cover themselves in glory. Wings probably get a pass. Henshaw/Harris plus Williams? Pack were mostly fine outside the lineout and that's up to the analysis to see if LCD really deserves all the blame. Mako c...

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One thing is it makes you weak.
Frans Malherbe only recovered in the week, as did Kolisi, Mapimpi and a few others and it showed in their play

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Pumas 23 WP 37
Pumas tries:
Penalty try
Westeraadt
Fouche'
WP tries:
Leyds x2
De wet
Roos

Bulls 40 Lions 21
Bulls tries:
Harold Vorster
Zak Burger x2
Grobbelaar
Arno Botha
R. Kriel
D. Kriel
Lions tries:
Vincent Tshituka
Skosan
Sithole

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Why did the Lions Captain wear a mask at the coin toss if they were going to play together for 80' ?

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Boks were 10 points behind the Lions going into the test seeing covid isolations and match fitness
They have narrowed that gap now going into test 2

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That Le Roux non-try decision raises an interesting point. Ref's on field decision is try but I feel that is really only because he saw the try was scored. To me the 'definitive' rider should then only be applied to the act of scoring the try, eg if he knocked it on as he grounded it. Everything el...

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All to play for now. Boks didn't play to their strength misses Vermeulen's leadership help.
Scrums neutralized by the soccer grass.

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Ball went from P-S du Toit's leg. Faf in
Springbokke 17 Lions 10

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HT Springbokke 12 Lions 3

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Otoje done well at the breakdowns

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Currie gave bokke 6

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Etzebeth put Otoje back to bed

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Currie penalty against
Springbokke 3 Lions 0

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Vannermerwe kick into springboks hands

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That was a tackle!

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Penalty. Koos van der Merwe's son offside

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One thing is Lions hadn't played any hard games except for the SA-A game. Griquas and Pumas on Currie Cup form would have given Lions a better preperation. Lions of old used to play hard CurrieCup teams. Lions at one stage played nr6 on the Cc log. Except for the 2009 Lions that also played weak opp...

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Sharks 47 Cheetahs 30
Sharks tries
Potgieter
Werner Kok
Volmink
Williams
Kerron Van Vuuren
Cheetahs tries
Rosko Speckman x2
Thomson
Saal

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World Rugby appolnted the officials
Who are World Rugby?
CEO Alan Gilpin and Chairman Bill Beaumont both from England.

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There's a backstabber in the lions camp :shock: I read the team on here in a link provided a day before it was announced! Koos van der Merwe's son I expect. No his job is on the field. After discussions with Koos van der Merwe it was established that he has to drop a few high balls, slip a few tack...

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Cheetahs 38 Western Province 21 Tries Cheetahs: Saal,Brits,Pienaar,Jasper Tries WP: Roos x2, Bursey Bonus Point win for Cheetahs Lions 31 Griquas 41 Tries Lions: Van den Berg, Sithole, Maxwane, Dreyer, Gordon Tries Griquas: Van der Merwe, Keyter x4 Griquas goes top of the Currie Cup log followed by ...

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There's a backstabber in the lions camp

I read the team on here in a link provided a day before it was announced!

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Madness if Gatland is going into war with the A Team of Hanniball Pollard, Mad Faf, Peck Etzebeth and B.A Ox without Koos van der Merwe's son

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:33 pm As I've said before, I'd be shocked if Gats went 6/2.

I can't remember him ever doing it with Wales or the Lions previously.

With the Boks picking a 5/3 bench, it makes absolutely no sense.

I don't think he'd be that stupid

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Firstly meeting the starting 50/50 Quota % as required with all on merit except we don't start our best frontrow for a reason. I don't want a good coach to loose his job for not meeting the government's transformation target for a start. Koch anyway arrived from the uk with covid and Louw hadn't pla...

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Your'e right I think. JW improve the whole time with the bulls. Harold Vorster, Jaque Van Rooyen, Mapoe, Combrink all ex-Lions but JW saw his shortcomings in the overseas game and brought in or bought in more experience since

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First time I'm looking more fwd to the B + I Lions team announcement reading all the teams already picked than the boks as with the boks I already know the team. If Kolisi is not playing I know who will be picked same with Duane. So no surprises, it's settled combos. B & I Lions its different its op...

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18 to go

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No comments from me on your team Zico because I see Gatland is always picking the players I mention on here.
I once mentioned Koos Van der Merwe's son and since then every other poster, the media and Gatland favours him to start

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Lions nr14 knows he'd been tackled properly

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Midfieldmaestro wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:12 pm Goose played himself into the Springbok team

not for the first test at this late stage I think

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