South Africa v British & Irish Lions, 24 July
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South Africa v British & Irish Lions, 24 July
SOUTH AFRICA v BRITISH & IRISH LIONS
Saturday 24 July
KO: 18:00 SAST / 17:00 UK / 20:00 Dubai
Cape Town Stadium (Newlands), Cape Town
Sky Sports Main Event
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Ben O’Keeffe, Mathieu Raynal
TMO: Marius Bloody Jonker of all people
TEAMS:
SOUTH AFRICA:
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 62 caps, 60 pts (12t)
14 – Cheslin Kolbe (Toulouse) – 14 caps, 40 pts (8t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 15 caps, 15 pts (3t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Munster) – 47 caps, 30 pts (6t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 14 caps, 70 pts (14t)
10 – Handré Pollard (vice-captain – Montpellier) – 49 caps, 465pts (6t, 78c, 89p, 4d)
09 – Faf de Klerk (Sale Sharks) – 30 caps, 20 pts (4t)
08 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 7 caps, 5 pts (1t)
07 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Stormers) – 56 caps, 25 pts (5t)
06 – Siya Kolisi (captain – Cell C Sharks) – 51 caps, 30 pts (6t)
05 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 40 caps, 5pts (1t)
04 – Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) – 86 caps, 15 pts (3t)
03 – Trevor Nyakane (Vodacom Bulls) – 43 caps, 5 pts (1t)
02 – Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Stormers) – 37 caps, 40 pts (8t)
01 – Ox Nché (Cell C Sharks) – 2 caps, 0 pts
16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 34 caps, 30 pts (6t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 48 caps, 5pts (1t)
18 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 39 caps, 5pts (1t)
19 – Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks) – 45 caps, 25 pts (5t)
20 – Rynhardt Elstadt (Toulouse) – 2 caps, 0 pts
21 – Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers) – 11 caps, 25 pts (5t)
22 – Elton Jantjies (Pau) – 38 caps, 283 pts (2t, 63c, 49p)
23 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 7 caps, 5pts (1t)
BRITISH & IRISH LIONS:
15. Stuart Hogg (Exeter, Scotland) #783
14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, England) #816
13. Elliot Daly (Saracens, England) #822
12. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #824
11. Duhan van der Merwe (Worcester Warriors, Scotland) #841
10. Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints, Wales) #821
09. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors, Scotland) #843
01. Rory Sutherland (Worcester, Scotland) #840
02. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter, England) #851
03. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #818
04. Maro Itoje (Saracens, England) #825
05. Alun Wyn Jones (C) (Ospreys, Wales) #761
06. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, England) #826
07. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, England) #853
08. Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #839
16. Ken Owens (Scarlets, Wales) #829
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, England) #787
18. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, England) #814
19. Tadhg Beirne (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #838
20. Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby, Scotland) #847
21. Conor Murray (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #790
22. Owen Farrell (Saracens, England) #780
23. Liam Williams (Scarlets, Wales) #833
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BigGee wrote:Old Man wrote:Rugby Fan wrote:If anything, he seemed more stressed four years ago, when the NZ press were really laying into him.Old Man wrote:Gatland seems a bit serious about this series , I wonder if the stress is getting to him.
I think he knows this is his last chance to beat SA, so he is pulling out every advantage he could. If a card can help, he’ll take it
To be fair, I think any team would?
Perhaps, but I suspect they would be more low key about it, if I was speaking to the referee about such issues I would tend to keep it on the down low.
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The fact is SA has a reputation of being physical, but I doubt they can be called the dirtiest players.
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Anyway, whatever his tactics I think the Lions will win tomorrow, just don’t see the Boks lasting 80 minutes.
Too many players either coming back from having covid, injuries, isolation, not playing.
How soon can you recover to peak physical fitness after covid?
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Re the match really hard to say how its going to go. The pack from a Lions perspective doesn't look great in my eyes but we're got an excellent front 3 out there and another 3 to come from the bench. Daly VDM combo really worries me, wouldn't be surprised to see that torn apart in the first half and see Farrell 12 and Henshaw. There are match winners in that back 3 and if Daly starts to tackle and doesn't drop the ball every other pass it could be good.
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jimbopip wrote:My eldest, Bigson, caught it right at the start of the first wave. He is very fit, captains the local fists and plays second row. He was saying at the weekend that even now if he runs 1/2 a mile he is Friar Tucked. He reaches a point were his lungs just don't keep up with him and that's that.
I think this can be evidenced in the timing of some of the sub's by South Africa A as some of those players were struggling towards the end of the first half.
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doctor_grey wrote:And no matter what, we blame the ref.
I'm sorry Doc but no matter what happens it's clearly the fault of dread Cthulu
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that was most unexpected!miltonkeynesengland wrote:doctor_grey wrote:And no matter what, we blame the ref.
I'm sorry Doc but no matter what happens it's clearly the fault of dread Cthulu
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/lions-publicly-call-out-irish-21128290.amp?__twitter_impression=true
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No 7&1/2 wrote:Only hit the consciousness now hopefully because they get Frak all listeners.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/lions-publicly-call-out-irish-21128290.amp?__twitter_impression=true
What a frakker
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Really don't know why that mofo still has a column and a platform of any kind.BigGee wrote:I am glad the lions called that out, hopefully his newspaper will take some appropriate action.
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Francis may be looking for a new job soon!
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Edit: sorry just seen that it was a podcast, so live. But I think he’s written some dodgy stuff previously too. Grrrr.
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Classic cabbie’s excuse. “I may have made racist remarks but come on, that doesn’t mean I’m racist”.
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Francis is a disgrace. I’ve seen some of his other comments and he shouldn’t have been asked to contribute to anything after those.
Anthony Copsey ought to receive a knighthood for this.
https://twitter.com/davesparade/status/1418593308335648775?s=21
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When I read a very politically written pseudo-apology like that, it makes me certain he is not the only one in that organisation who harbours those views. He is probably just the most clumsy, and possibly the least bright.RiscaGame wrote:Thought the apology from both his employers and him was bad.
Francis is a disgrace. I’ve seen some of his other comments and he shouldn’t have been asked to contribute to anything after those.
Anthony Copsey ought to receive a knighthood for this.
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that was most unexpected![/quotemiltonkeynesengland wrote:doctor_grey wrote:And no matter what, we blame the ref.
I'm sorry Doc but no matter what happens it's clearly the fault of dread Cthulu
Just when you think you know the answer I change the question...
God I cannot wait for kick off
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Too tense otherwise. It's not like following Scotland where you don't actually expect to win.
I don't want to shout at my kids or throw the hamster against the wall.
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Well I suppose it's better than shouting at the hamster and throwing the kids against the wall.George Carlin wrote:This is one of those games where I genuinely may have to wait until I know the score to watch it.
Too tense otherwise. It's not like following Scotland where you don't actually expect to win.
I don't want to shout at my kids or throw the hamster against the wall.
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Still, at least Team GB might beat SA at the field hockey, which is obviously the real contest of the day.
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Add to that a questionable starting front row with Ox Ntche and Nyakane who struggled in th3 scrums during the SA A match, a questinable Elton Jantjies, a rookie on the bench in Damian Willemse and no back up in the likes of Vermeulen, Snyman, Beast or Francois Louw.
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RDW wrote:Reports that Wyn Jones is injured - Sutherland to start
And Vunipola to be up against their best scrummagers.
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Hopefully Mako Vunipola is keen to prove a point off the bench.
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My guess is SA 16 Lions 24....
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lostinwales wrote:I wonder how bad the injury is? Will they put the call in to Marler?
Bit late in the day for that, 14 day quaranteen and he would be too late to play
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