DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Get in! Itoje with another strip right at the death! Also sorry for the spam! Let me know if I need to stop when the games are on! 😂 Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Only managed to catch the last 15 today so can't really say much about the performance. But great result that is. I was worried the last Lions tour of South Africa was going to happen again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, smogsterking the Inspirati said: Only managed to catch the last 15 today so can't really say much about the performance. But great result that is. I was worried the last Lions tour of South Africa was going to happen again. Not going to lie, first half I was worried. We barely laid a glove on them. First 10/15 of the 2nd half it was very open, but in a way that suited us a bit. Then when Murray and Farrell came on we really started to dominate the game. Lawes or Itoje for MoTM for me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 3 changes to the starting 15 for the 2nd test. Vunipola, Murray and Harris for Sutherland, Price and Daly. Sutherland and Price didn't do too much wrong for me last game. Daly I can understand as he was a bit indifferent. With Harris coming in we arguably have more solid defence in midfield, which may be useful 2nd test as South Africa will probably throw the kitchen sink at us. But Daly being omitted we do miss that option of a long range kicker. Vunipola coming in, makes me think we'll try and solidify our scrummaging 1st half, as we were dominated in the 1st half of the 1st test in that area. Another exciting game to come! Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Missed the entirety of the first half (was stuck on the M40 eurgh!). But 6-9 to the Lions at the break is a good platform, hopefully we can push on like we did in the second half of the 1st test. Would be nice to see another hour long video from Rassie and another 2 video clips from his "Friend" on twitter (the friend being Rassie himself)! Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Good try from Mapimpi. South Africa sucked us in, then with Pollard kicking wide on 2 occasions in that passage of play, our drift defence was stretched massively. Also looked like Cowan-Dickie damaged his shoulder too. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 South Africa have been brutal in defence this 2nd half. All the momentum with them at the moment too. Only 11-9 to SA as it stands though. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 South African try under the posts...but should it have stood, the grounding wasn't very clean. Nigel Owens (Ex Ref) believes it shouldn't have stood on commentary. But TMO and on field refs believe different. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 We are going to have a decider next weekend!!! Winner takes all. Hopefully it's not a draw like the 2017 tour! 😂 Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Think we'll see a few changes for the 3rd test. Challenging aerially we've been poor this 2nd half, think we'll see L.Williams come into the side on the wing to combat that. Owens and Sutherland have also been poor since coming on in the 2nd half, but to be fair to them South Africa have been very very good. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Well very evenly matched so far, but I'd say South Africa looking stronger in terms of attacking momentum. They've been very good defensively again. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Russell has come on for Biggar (Injury) and he has really improved the Lions in attack. Added a huge amount of speed to the game and is linking really well with Price. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Lions massively on top since Russell came on. Been brave in some calls too, turned down 2 shots at goal for the corner. Unfortunately both times amounted to nothing. Slender lead so far, hope we can build on it early in the 2nd. South Africa will 100% come back at us hard at some stage. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Pollard has missed a "sitter" by his standard to cut the lead to 1 point. Still a 4 point gap. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Lead changes hand SA up by 3. Link to post Share on other sites
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