First Test-What I think

We can blame the Ref, we can blame Vickery, we can blame Jones and we can blame Myne but at then end of the day we lost, and it relay dose not matter how we lost or what we could of dune just that those things don't happen next week.
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I do remember people tell me that this is not like 1997 as our pack are much more match, boy they where wrong. Vickery I can say had the worse game of his life after beest destroyed him. After the first couple of scrum Vickery mind blow and never came back. Mears had a shakie game but I would not say it was a shocker and still see him starting the next test even after Rees played well when came on. Jenkins was the out standing player of the front row.
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Second Row all three had good games, Jones Reilly could of put his hand up for the way he played the first half. Our back row played well. Wolles was all over and his ball caring was topnotch. Hislip had a quite game we rill needed him to stand up but you can not say he had a bad game just good. Croft the man who was left at home who is fighting for a plays in the England team and his club think he not good to play on the flank, was the best player for the Lions.
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Phillips was on fire he showed the pride of the Lions when we where down he stood up and put in the exsta pace which lacked in the first half. Jones had a good game in open play and in the D but did not kick all his goles will Geech drop him because of the kicks when he others so much?
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Robertes and BOD where great again amazing rugby in the mid field. Before he was taken off for a knock Burn had a OK game not a good game but was ok. He did not make mistakes but did not do any thing mouth dropping as we might hope. Moyne played well, yes he had to disallowed trys but he did pass the line. Bows lines are great.
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Attack was good, our D was good but we gave to many penalties and our scum was week.

My Pick of Lions Test Team

Today we will here from Geech on his team to take on the Bok this Saturday in the First test. I am going to go on record and put down the team I think he will pick, not nesery the team I would pick but the team he will.

My Lions Team:
Lee Byrne,Tommy Bowe,Brian O'Driscoll Jamie Roberts,Ugo Monye, Stephen Jones,M Phillips,G Jenkins, L Mears,P Vickery, A-W Jones , Paul O'Connell, T Croft, Martyn Williams, Jamie Heaslip.
Subs: Matthew Rees, Adam Jones,Nathan Hines,D Wallace, H Ellis,Ronan O'Gara, Riki Flutey.

I pick Wallace on the bench because Williams has to start and if he played 6 then AW Jones could not start as then we will not have a jumper at one. No Sheridan because I think Jenkins has been out standing in the open and we need a sub on the bench who can come on for Vickery as there no Murry Jones is that man. Shane Williams has not been on form.

Springbok team for The First Test

The Boks have put out there team for the first game. It a bloody good team to say the least! If I was going to pick I will have to say they don't have much pace off the bench, that me trying to find a weakness. I think with this team they will be hard running in midfield and looking for quick ball and drag defenders in and force the penaltys. They wont be eclectic just brutal and if they win it, its because of 80 minuets of fall on power and the kicks will win it.

Springboks 2009 first test Durban 20Th June:

3 John Smit (c), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira

5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha,

8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brussow,

10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Fourie du Preez,

12 Jean de Villiers,13 Adi Jacobs,

15 Frans Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen,11 Bryan Habana

Subs:16 Deon Carstens, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Morne Steyn, 22 Jaque Fourie.