Wallabies v British & Irish Lions: 3rd Test - pre match discussion and Poll

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Third test winners and score prediction?

20:00 AEST, 11:00 BST
Saturday, 6th July, 2013
ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Referee: Romain Poite

The weather is expected to be clear and sunny with temperatures ranging from 5-16° C at Homebush Bay.

So it will all come down to the final match with the series level at 1-a-piece.
Both sides are battered and bruised, many top players are missing... there's even a touch of controversy.
The final team announcements will be made later in the week... probably around Thursday morning AEST.

You know how some men look like old men even though they're not old men yet? Paul Wallace is one of them. Maybe it's the way he's leaning on the railing there next to Botany Bay, but I can see him leaning on a cane and reminiscing about how he'd have slapped Jim Telfer at half time in the second Test in '97 if he'd had the energy.

RubyGuby wrote:   10 Park Avenue is where she lived - Mad as a hatter

How can you burn down a swimming pool

Fill it with petrol?

Ah see, trust a Cuckoo to know.  

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:Ah see, trust a Cuckoo to know.  

 

I will distance myself from that though. There's a detective on yer.

RubyGuby wrote: I will be watching at home in Truro; Cornwall with my 2 boys aged 6 and 13. Watched the first 2 on the beach at Perranporth -

I had a long weekend away in Perranporth last year.  Stayed in a yurt.  Lovely beach.

COME ON YOU LIONS!!!!

Risca Rev wrote:

RubyGuby wrote:   10 Park Avenue is where she lived - Mad as a hatter

How can you burn down a swimming pool

Fill it with petrol?

That's weird as she ended up living in Risca 

Why is everyone up so early on a weekend day????

Is it because you never went to bed at all because of the excihrahment of irh'all (a bit of Dublinese there)
Is it because you never went to bed because you were too drunk to find your way home?
Is it because you never went to bed because you had a tiff with your lover and your wife wouldn't let you in?
Or is it because you were commanded to rise early by the SS Panzer Divions of Welsh Choral singers who have been sent to the four corners of the four Nations to assure compliance??

Good luck Lions, I'm helping get an event ready but will hopefully sneak out and catch most of the game

This game is the biggest match many of these players will have played in.

Lads like Phillips, Roberts, AW and Adam will be sore as hell at having lost in SA on the last tour. This a number of our lads last chance to win a lions tour in their carriers.

They want to be remembered as legends.

The bench is going to be key to this game, the first game the Lions were in control until the subs came on too early, the scrum fell apart and were lucky not to lose it. The second test the same happened only Hibbard added to the scrum and out wide but the others added very little. At least this time we should improve if Parling goes off and Tipuric will improve the back row both attack and defence, I just hope MV does not have to come on.

Lions to win for me, much better in the tight than last week and more attacking threat from better ball (I hope).

great seats, the place is slowly starting to fill up. syd uni 150th anniversary match on now.

Good on ya LB. Start stripping down to your gruds so we can pick you out in the crowd.

Linebreaker wrote:great seats, the place is slowly starting to fill up. syd uni 150th anniversary match on now.

hi Tom, you at the ground?

Linebreaker wrote:great seats, the place is slowly starting to fill up. syd uni 150th anniversary match on now.

Have the Irish contingent been tear-gassed yet, Linebreaker? They'll need a lot of tough-love from the stewards and police to keep them at bay. "Down boy!!!! Down!!"

just met Jen's brother Paul the Aussie. He's grabbing some drinks. First Lions chant just gone out. Drowned by Qantas choir!

Right, we've scored a third time. Can we please make sure Australia don't get a scoring chance again for a few minutes please. That scrum free kick is a good start.

Is it too early to start letting the clock wind down?

Easy Lion win

83% possession. We've got to get a few more points to make this dominance count.

Sexton Phillips and Roberts should have got him

Should'a doesn't play on the team.

And not many would'a. Just applaud O'Connor. A real deal player.

Well I was completely wrong and totally glad to be. Well done Lions and sorry there was any doubt, and Gatland clearly know more about winning a Lions Tour than I do. Not that things have been perfect but what a way to finish

 And so it came to pass. Well done Lions

Congratulations CJ and all of the other Lions fans. You must be totally over the moon.    

I've written a little post in the Dew Drop Inn - please have a quick read if you have time.

It was such a comprehensive win in the end - I didn't see it coming but tonight was what Lions Series should all be about. The Lions will live on and on and on and that's the way it should always be.

You are all a great bunch of blokes (and shielas). Enjoy your celebrations. Sydney is being painted Red as I type. Feeling crook... overdid things last night and woke up worse for wear.

I've left the back porch light on, heaters on, beers in fridge - for the lads when they return in the early hours. They've gone into the Rocks or somewhere. No doubt they will be walking on air and the noise levels in those establishments will be off the scale.

Linebreaker wrote:Congratulations CJ and all of the other Lions fans. You must be totally over the moon.    

I've written a little post in the Dew Drop Inn - please have a quick read if you have time.

It was such a comprehensive win in the end - I didn't see it coming but tonight was what Lions Series should all be about. The Lions will live on and on and on and that's the way it should always be.

You are all a great bunch of blokes (and shielas). Enjoy your celebrations. Sydney is being painted Red as I type. Feeling crook... overdid things last night and woke up worse for wear.

I've left the back porch light on, heaters on, beers in fridge - for the lads when they return in the early hours. They've gone into the Rocks or somewhere. No doubt they will be walking on air and the noise levels in those establishments will be off the scale.

Nice post  

Cheers Ruby!