Ryan Grant called up to the Lions as cover for Melon

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I still prefer the O's back row of:
6 King
7 J Tips
8 R Jones

by flyhalffactory Today at 20:52
RubyGuby wrote:
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Just for you scots lads I'm sipping on a bottle of 10 year old aberlour as we speak. If grant is as good as this stuff then we'll all be fine
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That's a nice tipple Ruby, very nice

But if you want a prince of Aberlour try

Aberlour A'bunadh 12 Year old Silver Label.......... its about 60 percent proof, and doubt whether you won't get much change from 300 rats though!!



Consider it done but this stuff is smooth

Quite right, if he gets some game time he will start the tests. though must commend Vunipola who has been very good so in in both tight and loose. Pleased to be proved wrong hope it continues

bedfordwelsh wrote:Fly,

If he had been fit then I think he would have been on the plane not just sneaked on, theres no other 8 selected who is as destructive off the base as him.
He may not have the fitness levels or the all round game as that of Heaslip or Faletau but he is an out and out barnstorming old fashion No8

Why, can't be bothered to train properly gets injured doesn't get picked. So what? As many weaknesses as strengths. Wales only wanted him as a back up to TF anyway, Lions can manage perfectly well without him. Let him use the time to get into shape.

glamorganalun wrote:I still prefer the O's back row of:
6 King
7 J Tips
8 R Jones

Good backrow there Alun

But if you want to see what a barely back from injury Barclay did to Tips in April 2013 when the Weegies ran in 5 tries. Tips is good but in my mind not as good as a top of his game Barclay (who is second only to Rennie when on top form) and that's not a blue tinted glasses seriously that's just my observations of open-sides over the last two seasons.

I don't know much about King apart from a few games but did watch Harley do a number on him in the same match........ I understand that was a one off match but apart from Ryan v Ben who I cannae split I think on top form Shingler/Barclay are better than King/Tips.

But there's deffo not much in it

dragonbreath wrote:

bedfordwelsh wrote:Fly,

If he had been fit then I think he would have been on the plane not just sneaked on, theres no other 8 selected who is as destructive off the base as him.
He may not have the fitness levels or the all round game as that of Heaslip or Faletau but he is an out and out barnstorming old fashion No8

Why, can't be bothered to train properly gets injured doesn't get picked. So what? As many weaknesses as strengths. Wales only wanted him as a back up to TF anyway, Lions can manage perfectly well without him. Let him use the time to get into shape.

Bedford Mate
This is the problem with this site and why Welsh posters generally get a bad press, here is one poster who had ransacked a decent thread of ours and haven't got a clue and such posts such inaccuracies in order to promote one of his favourites.

Morgan might not ever be the fittest but he can run a full 80 mins with ease, he has produced the goods for Glos and England and but for an injury would have been on the plane. To suggest he was a going to be a back-up to Faletau is just laugable.

Now we only want Dan Biggar to replace that diddy Farrell and some sort of justice is done - although wtf Stevens is there is a mystery to everyone but Fruit Gums apparently !