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hugh_woatmeigh wrote:The Lions cucks on this board must be loving this. The first time in the history of the Lions that a nation has had no test representation on a tour I believe.

Not even close.

Several tours now regarded as official Lions tours were Anglo-Welsh or Anglo-Scots squads.

Lizard wrote:

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:The Lions cucks on this board must be loving this. The first time in the history of the Lions that a nation has had no test representation on a tour I believe.

Not even close.

Several tours now regarded as official Lions tours were Anglo-Welsh or Anglo-Scots squads.

How long ago are you talking about Liz?

Probably up until the 1950 tour (when the Lions nomenclature was adopted).

OptimisticJock wrote:Forget macho Greig. Have you had a pickleback where you are?

Fucking right mate, sounded rank when it was explained to me. Dangerously easy to drink.

Been laying into the Poutine on the stagger back from the pub as well. How's the weather treating you over there?

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:

OptimisticJock wrote:Forget macho Greig. Have you had a pickleback where you are?

Fucking right mate, sounded rank when it was explained to me. Dangerously easy to drink.

Been laying into the Poutine on the stagger back from the pub as well. How's the weather treating you over there?

Not overly fussed with the poutine tbh. Not proper chips innit.

Weather is excellent over here, at least mid 20s every day. In Tofino just now before heading back to Vancouver.

Recced a pub for tomorrow night too.

Kelly Montieth. He was funny.

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:The Lions cucks on this board must be loving this. The first time in the history of the Lions that a nation has had no test representation on a tour I believe.

Here is something for you to pull yourself off to Greg.

Fair warning it's a Wales Online opinion article... and it's a fucking beaut.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugb ... 296953.amp

OptimisticJock wrote:

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:

OptimisticJock wrote:Forget macho Greig. Have you had a pickleback where you are?

Fucking right mate, sounded rank when it was explained to me. Dangerously easy to drink.

Been laying into the Poutine on the stagger back from the pub as well. How's the weather treating you over there?

Not overly fussed with the poutine tbh. Not proper chips innit.

Weather is excellent over here, at least mid 20s every day. In Tofino just now before heading back to Vancouver.

Recced a pub for tomorrow night too.

Nice one. Aye, point taken on the chips, but when in Rome cat man.

It's been brutal hot all week here, pretty steady 30 degrees.

Tofino looks class.

It was. Could have done with another couple of days and a few more dollars though. I also seriously underestimated the temp of the water.

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:The Lions cucks on this board must be loving this. The first time in the history of the Lions that a nation has had no test representation on a tour I believe.

Here is something for you to pull yourself off to Greg.

Fair warning it's a Wales Online opinion article... and it's a fucking beaut.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugb ... 296953.amp

I got about 5 sentences in before I was too furious to read more.

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:The Lions cucks on this board must be loving this. The first time in the history of the Lions that a nation has had no test representation on a tour I believe.

Here is something for you to pull yourself off to Greg.

Fair warning it's a Wales Online opinion article... and it's a fucking beaut.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugb ... 296953.amp

I got about 5 sentences in before I was too furious to read more.

It's like listening to my mum talking about politics.

But here's why Gatland's evil. I'm not a diehard Lions fan exactly, but the lads are having a Lions breakfast at the pub tomorrow and I thought, nah, not really interested.... What the feck is wrong with me?! Breakfast at the pub ffs!

no sleep wrote:

Eugene Wrayburn wrote:

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:
Here is something for you to pull yourself off to Greg.

Fair warning it's a Wales Online opinion article... and it's a fucking beaut.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugb ... 296953.amp

I got about 5 sentences in before I was too furious to read more.

It's like listening to my mum talking about politics.

But here's why Gatland's evil. I'm not a diehard Lions fan exactly, but the lads are having a Lions breakfast at the pub tomorrow and I thought, nah, not really interested.... What the feck is wrong with me?! Breakfast at the pub ffs!

I get why people are disinterested, it's not as if I'm not pissed off but the reactions of some make them look like 12 year old girls. It is also generally the people that were greeting that they didn't want any jocks in the team due to fatigue and potential injury and then throw a hissy fit that nobody was selected. It makes us look like the stereotypical blokes with the full fish supper on our shoulders.

Fuds act like fuds but if their viewpoint matches others then everyone gets tarred with that brush ffs.

Speaking as a fud - and a complete one at that - I missed the first test as I was golfing. Second test I saw most of on a stag do and wasn't really paying attention until the last ten when I wanted the Lions to lose marginally less than I wanted NZ to lose. Golfing tomorrow.

Lol,

It's not about the rugby world revolving around Scottish rugby. Only an utter prick would assume people that are pissed off with repeated Lions snubs would think that.

The utterly dire Scottish teams of the 60s&70s, the abject Welsh team of the 80s or the Irish in the mid 90s, had far better representation in Lions squads than Scotland have had over the past 20 years.

I'm tired of hearing Scots fans excusing Lions management selections tour after tour as being "management style". There comes a point where you have to accept that Scots players are simply not viewed as being Lions material. Doesn't matter if its style, size or skill that's the deciding factor, doesn't matter if its a conscious, or more likely an unconscious bias, it's still a bias.

It stopped being funny some time ago.

I can think of half a dozen Scots players at least as deserving of a squad slot this time out as any other nations players, tho I think Launchbury was hardest done by of any 6N player. (Watson & Dunbar not far behind).

Doesn't matter either if you admit it or not, the facts of the last 20 years speak for themselves. When there's a close choice, the coach picks the non Scot. Unless we're so bad we've been gifted a player or two each tour to ensure it's still nominally the British and Irish Lions and the SRU gets its share of the loot.

If you think that, what sort of Scottish rugby fan are you at all? Hanging on to the coat tails of your betters?

As John Beattie diplomatically said today. The Lions are like a party the Scots don't get invited to.

Time to concentrate on our own party.

Aye, none of you are wrong.

As HP pointed out, fuds are going to fud and it's going to collateral everyone in the middle.

It's hard to disagree with any of that Al, but I'm not going to support NZ because of it, not because I like hanging off the coat tails of my betters, but because I'm not 12.

hp18 wrote:Fuds act like fuds but if their viewpoint matches others then ....

they write for Wales Online.

Off to the pub. Pickleback for every try.

So about the actual game. Liz might know this, have the lions ever won a final test.

To the haters, start your own thread.


To baz,, you stink

Gh hardy, and stiff the miserably sad

It is never worth a first-class man's time to express a majority opinion. By definition, there are plenty of others to do that.

OptimisticJock wrote:

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:

OptimisticJock wrote:Forget macho Greig. Have you had a pickleback where you are?

Fucking right mate, sounded rank when it was explained to me. Dangerously easy to drink.

Been laying into the Poutine on the stagger back from the pub as well. How's the weather treating you over there?

Not overly fussed with the poutine tbh. Not proper chips innit.

Weather is excellent over here, at least mid 20s every day. In Tofino just now before heading back to Vancouver.

Recced a pub for tomorrow night too.

How cool are the 2 dollar bits? Currency with a polar bear on it. Quality.

Never realised baz had a potty mouth. Cunt.

wanderingjock wrote:So about the actual game. Liz might know this, have the lions ever won a final test.

To the haters, start your own thread.


To baz,, you stink

They've won the last two final tests on Lions tours?

Some passage of play that was.

Big D wrote:

wanderingjock wrote:So about the actual game. Liz might know this, have the lions ever won a final test.

To the haters, start your own thread.


To baz,, you stink

They've won the last two final tests on Lions tours?

Odd for someone who hates the concept to bite at that