bigrich

at the school gates for what fat boy? i think­ with a name like bigrich it kind of fits the profile­ for kiddiefiddler dont you?

as i said before bring it­ on 17st 6ft 2 tosssser

sho boet.. peters on the loose agein,if he not acuzing­ poeple of being political or ratial he being an­ idiot,nevertheless his team won. He might not be the­ smartest bloke on the blok-but the lions stil have to­ say they got there arses whopped by an idiot with a­ band of green protea-springbok hooligans.. eish is­ tough!! africa is unforgiving baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and I quote ....
"Some­ comments about Burger­ should've been sent off -­ surely the commentators­ don't want to have to­ reduce the opposition to 14­ men in order to beat them?"

you're right - no­ matter how bad the offence is (and, lets face it, eye­ gouging isn't as bad as giving someone a chinese­ burn is it?) it would be much healthier for the game of­ rugby for all matches to be fully contested by­ 15-a-side no matter what ....

And no I'm not being­ serious - i'm just incredulous as the comment I­ quoted. Crass in the extreme!!

Dear Old Mike. Here I am trying to have a battle of­ wits with an unarmed man.
Nice to see your blood­ pressure's up. What time are you due down the­ school gates ?

Boris writes:
"Violence leads to more violence -­ even winning matches in this way deosnt meet the needs­ of violent minded players and officials - these people­ want to see violence not sportsmanship and­ sport".

What sort of psychobabble is this?
I­ particularly enjoy the "violent minded­ officials" comment. I had no idea that the IRB had­ such insurgents lurking in their midst.
Sounds like­ you have a hangover from the cold war, Boris!

I find the comments about the "cheating" by­ South Africa quite ignorant. One of the reporters­ speaks about "5" players going to hospital­ (dcullen1) is really uninformed if inferring that the­ South Africans were responsible. O'Driscoll and the­ forward both tackled the SA wing in what I would term a­ high tackle and both came out the worse for it.

I am­ viewing the games from Canada and found them very­ entertaining and the second test possibly an all-time­ great.

There was lots of passion, especially from­ O'Driscoll, most of which I would describe as­ borderline dangerous. He engaged in a number of high­ tackles and should have been sensored so I find it­ strange that he comes out and comments negatively about­ the SA team. I believe he should look at his passage of­ play before doing so.

The Lions played wonderfully but­ lost because they couldn't score more tries -­ surely the real test in a game of this magnitude.

Some­ comments about Burger should've been sent off -­ surely the commentators don't want to have to­ reduce the opposition to 14 men in order to beat them?

Robipenburg.

Rugby is a physical game which is fine.­ However the thing that gets me, speaking as one of­ those whining Northern hemisphere types you so despise,­ is that you southern hemisphere chaps don't get­ that the game you play which relies on professional­ fouling, cheating and generally stretching the rules to­ breaking point makes the game less enjoyable to watch­ and in fact drives the IRB to impose ever more safety­ rules and measures on the game which in turn make it­ less enjoyable to watch and play, etc, etc, etc.­ Eventually it will turn into touch rugby and how much­ fun would that be to watch Robipenburg?

So if you want­ a fair, hard and open game of rugby like Scotland had­ against the Springboks in a recent autumn test then­ bring it on. If on the other hand you insist on­ cheating because winning is more important than the­ survival and development of the great game of rugby­ union then withdraw to your southern heartland and we­ northern whiners can invite some new people like­ Argentina to play.

A message to all BOKS - take your punishment - you got­ away with it - the two cheats who were caught wont have­ any further part on this tour. Your National coach­ doesnt speak for the 3 first sides we saw who played­ the lions. Violence leads to more violence - even­ winning matches in this way deosnt meet the needs of­ violent minded players and officials - these people­ want to see violence not sportsmanship and sport.

robipenburg you fool - O'Driscoll is actually­ Irish!

Shame you guys can't win a game of Rugby­ without causing so many injuries. No sport should­ involve 5 people ending up in hospital after a game.

Mike why are you here, this is a rugby forum and seeing­ as though you are quite evidently not a rugby fan why­ dont you go back to the forum of a sport of which you­ are, you dont see any pathetic comments being made by­ rugby fans on other sports' forums so just pi ss­ off.

Was that a fight? - safe behind their computers. Must­ have had a bad bad day at work or the missus has been­ nagging them.....

Mike, your sentences make no sense. You need to learn­ to punctuate. And, if you've not been reported for­ saying shagger, I think you might get away with­ dipshite. It's really nice to have younger people­ comment, but I think you might have given a wrong­ impression of us Brits (and Irish) to the South African­ readers. Before they lock you away for the evening, can­ you post one more comment confirming that you are­ either an 8 year old, or an adult with a very low­ mental age? Cheers, and sweet dreams.

you'd be safe then Mike.... thought you'd gone­ quiet - you been making sure all your spellings were­ okay? Dipshite.

Thanks bevpates... but i'd not get wound up if I­ were you. I'm sure Milesey (like that by the way)­ is just one of those knobs that goes on these to annoy­ others. His spelling really is atrocious though.­

Anyway, although we have best players absent through­ injury and probably the most biased referee in the­ world, I'll be cheering on The British & Irish­ Lions in their final match for another 4 years.­ It's been an awesome tour, spoilt only by some bad­ referees, and it's great to see the whole Lions­ concept being given a massive vote of confidence by the­ attitude of South African rugby.

Come on Lions!!!