MouthoftheSouth
25th-June-2005, 11:55 AM
I must confess I started to wonder when I realised the AB pack outweighed the Lion's "massive" one by 10kg, and it all went straight downhill from there!
Now don't get me wrong - we love to see Sir Clive eat his words, but apart from that this Lions tour was expected to be a real challenge - England won the WC, Wales won the 6-Nations, and the Super 12 has been derided as "touch football" by some folks.......admit it - you know who you are!! :D
The Nthn Hemisphere pack was expected to be all over our blokes - who were expected not to know how to scrummage properly, and the Lions starting hooker, whoever he was, was supposed to be the most accurate lineout thrower in the world.
Johnny did pretty well, but he was pretty much the only decent effort from the whole team all night.
I'd been hoping the "A" team would put up a good fight - while still loosing of course ;) - the "B" teams have been less than impressive vs various low ranked provinces - but we were assured the "A" team was so much better!
I think we might be wanting refunds after tonight - I bet the cost of tickets on the auction web sites drops through the floor!!
Now don't get me wrong - we love to see Sir Clive eat his words, but apart from that this Lions tour was expected to be a real challenge - England won the WC, Wales won the 6-Nations, and the Super 12 has been derided as "touch football" by some folks.......admit it - you know who you are!! :D
The Nthn Hemisphere pack was expected to be all over our blokes - who were expected not to know how to scrummage properly, and the Lions starting hooker, whoever he was, was supposed to be the most accurate lineout thrower in the world.
Johnny did pretty well, but he was pretty much the only decent effort from the whole team all night.
I'd been hoping the "A" team would put up a good fight - while still loosing of course ;) - the "B" teams have been less than impressive vs various low ranked provinces - but we were assured the "A" team was so much better!
I think we might be wanting refunds after tonight - I bet the cost of tickets on the auction web sites drops through the floor!!