I think the french are partial to "le boo" on­ occasion. Not sure about the kiwis. But its bad form­ right enough.

mojudaro

What is usually booo-ed is a perceived lack­ of effort. Rightly or wrongly......

On reading the comments below and not being inspired to­ join the debate, I was just reminded of something that­ occured a couple of years ago, or was it the last World­ Cup? (54 nil or something) I dont recall - too much­ weed.
The only time I have ever heard a team bing­ booooed by their own supporters took place as the­ English team left the field.. I have never witnessed­ such lack of sportsmanship in any sport. disgusted I­ vowed never to ever watch a live english match but it­ did tell me a lot about the people of that nation.
It­ is worse than sacrilligeous to boo your own team.­ Critisize, swear at, throw arms in dispair and grumble­ when your team throws it away then plead for changes­ with the team after the gamebut to boo your own team on­ the field shows absolute contempt for sportsmanship.

OPA!! THAT NEITHER TEAMS DESERVED TO WIN.

To the bickering nationalists who want to disband the­ lions, or select only players fron their own country to­ play. Cop on ladies and gentlemen. This is special­ stuff. Any time we play wales, scotland or especially­ England, Im hoping we can knock lumps out of them, but­ once every four years, and only for 6 weeks, we get a­ chance to support their best players as part of our­ team, to cheer their skill without hoping they get­ flattened by an irishman immediately.
It brings us all­ together for a few weeks. Its a testament to all­ involved that they can put their differences aside and­ forge such a strong bond in so short a time, and they­ really are something to be proud of.
It belittles the­ concept to read such narrow minded muck. Get behind­ your team.

Whatever happenned to the civility and cameraderie of­ Rugby Union. It is what set us apart from all other­ sports. Hard, physical contact on the field but mutual­ respect and comradeship off the field, with no­ recriminations whatsoever. In over 500 games of senior­ rugby I witnessed only two off the field acts that­ would be regarded as unacceptable behaviour. But,­ nowadays the games are increasingly being watched by­ people who have never actually played the game and­ experienced that unique on field/off field experience­ and those people show no respect to the game and its­ traditions. How long before supporters start to fight­ with each other. We are on the precipice of a dangerous­ slope and we must all pull together to make sure we do­ not start the irreversable slide into the abyss. Rugby­ officials have a responsibility to encourage players,­ fans and particularly coaches to set an example of very­ high propotion.

We didn't win in New Zealand and there were 26­ English in Woodward's squad - what does that say?

i really hope the lions win on Saturday and prove you­ lot wrong!!!

of course you think that opa!! theres english in the­ squad!! Get a grip we didnt win the last 2 tests and­ there were very little english in there!! what does­ that say about your presious welsh & irish­ plyers!!!

opa01_ 2000 - YOU ARE reading my mind and­ the "moron" who had the cheek to call me a­ "small minded idiot" clearly lives in some­ nostalgic dreamworld instead of the real world. how­ come you and i can see thsi deliberate bias on a­ "perpetual" basis because the brits rile the­ air waves and that @#$% cannot - selective hearing ? ­ ! let the bloody english and welsh haven their own­ lions , personally i would prefer to see my country,s­ team touring under their own name and at full strength­ instead of the second string ireland had to make do­ with this year - even though they did very well .­ irekand to tour australia, new zealand and argentina­ year on year ignoring the boks until they learn to rely­ soley on skill insted of barbarism !

opa01_ 2000 - YOU ARE EAding my mind and the­ "moron" who had the cheek to call me a­ "small minded idiot" clearly lives in some­ nostalgic dreamworld instead of the real world. how­ come you and i can see thsi deliberate bias on a­ "perpetual" basis because the brits rile the­ air waves and that @#$% cannot - selective hearing ? ­ ! let the bloody english and welsh haven their own­ lions , personally i would prefer to see my country,s­ team touring under their own name and at full strength­ instead of the second string ireland had to make do­ with this year - even though they did very well .­ irekand to tour australia, new zealand and argentina­ year on year ignoring the boks until they learn to rely­ soley on skill insted of barbarism !

hey gimps..ireland have won every major tourament in­ the northern hemisphere.,brian o driscoil will get­ world player of the year and will go down in history as­ the best centre to ever play the game

Has to be the worst Lions selection ever. What about­ Sheridan's punch to the goolies on Saturday - no­ mention from the English media? Is this not equally as­ heinous as Burger's gouging?

I'm afraid Geech­ has caved in to the Sky/Sun/Murdoch tripe. Before the­ first test The Times "respected journalist"­ Stephen Jones had Vickery down as his Captain, dropping­ O'Connell.

Another "respected­ journalist" was caught on-air quoting "how­ did we end up with 7 potato chompers in our Test­ team?"

Lots of press about O'Gara's­ penalty which was horrendous but nothing about­ Shaw's high tackle penalty leading directly to the­ final try. A bit of balance was needed.

A press­ conference was interviewing Rob Kearney on his debut­ last week with about 20 journalists present but when­ Simon Shaw entered the room they all deserted Kearney­ in mid-sentence and flocked around Shaw for his­ "words of wisdom".

So my view is it is now­ high time to end the Lions fiasco. While the English­ media dictates selection, reporting etc no players from­ any other nation will receive any credit.

What a­ waste of time. All the Celtic nations could do with a­ rest and be ready for the Six Nations in the Spring.

andyskmac

He does seem to be fixated on­ homosexuality....

I think mike is looking for a boyfriend but is too­ scared to admit it!!

James,with a name like Sugrue you must be from­ Kerry.Quit letting your country down and stop the anti­ english bile.I hope we're not related.

Actually, I'll correct myself slightly. I DO give a­ monkey's where the players come from. I love the­ fact that this one's English, that one's Irish,­ that the man that got the better of the Beast happened­ to be Welsh (and no, I'm not Welsh, in case­ that's what you're thinking); that the most­ exciting centre partnership I've seen in a long­ time was Welsh/Irish. And the thing was: they were all­ of them playing for me.

speak for yourself, PW, you small-minded idiot. And the­ same goes for a number of people posting on this board.­ The great thing about the Lions is that it rises way­ way above tribalism. Or would, if people would just­ take half a second to stand outside their own little­ worlds and think what being a Lion actually means. Ask­ any of the players how precious that shirt is. BOD,­ Jamie Roberts, Shaw, Croft, Phillips, Kearney - I­ couldnt give a monkeys where they come from or what­ jersey they normally wear. Yes, even Rikki Flutey. So­ people might ask a question or two about the merits of­ POC or O'Gara. If they do, like as not it's­ about them as PLAYERS, not because they're Irish­ (granted some people do have that problem; just as­ sugruejames has a problem with anyone who isnt Irish;­ you cant do nothing for 'em). Two months ago, there­ was no squad, no team, just a bunch of players from­ four nations drawn together out of the air with a­ common goal, a bunch of talent and not much more.­ They've forged something. They came mighty close.­ Me, I'm proud of them.

sugruejames55 is who I mean