I wonder who put the poll up asking should Paul O­ Connell be picked in the lions test side. What a­ plonker you are and you obvously know nothing about the­ game or the position or the man in question.­ Muppet.

Andy

listen i have the utmost respect for the lions and am a­ huge fan of ireland . but to complain like they have­ been doing is a disgrace get on with the game its meant­ to be hard(not illegal) yes their were high tackles and­ some pushing and some pulling you find it in almost­ every game just go look on you tube and what you will­ see is its every country doing it , @#$% happens im not­ condoning it , what im saying is it a sad day when you­ @#$% and moan about it in public . imagine the all­ blacks complaining that the french were to­ "physical" sometimes passion and motivation­ fuel the animal in all of us an over eagerness creeps­ in due to certain expectations like england in the­ begining of martin johnsons coaching career . if the­ southern kings wanted to play dirty how was it that the­ turned the lions over so much ?

number 33.. wow 1974 and 1997 geeez you have really­ been dominating hey? what about before 1974 and between­ 74 - 97 nad after 97 against the Aussies? but we wont­ mention that now will we. like i said before ur just a­ bunch of moaning lil girls.. you wouldn see quality if­ it hit you in the face with a plank! in regard to the­ jonny w.. who cares man @#$% happens.. he shouldn play­ if hes always getting hurt and the 50 - 3 thrashing you­ gave us was answered by a 56 - 7 thrashing of you lot a­ year later then beaten in the group stages of world cup­ by SA abd again in the final... lol give it a rest­ moaner boy!

with reference to Lions being tough...its my­ understanding that in nature its the female lions that­ do the hunting not the males ! and I don't think­ you invented them either...

1974 1997 and now 2009 what more do we need to say...­ bring em on... the boks always get a bit nasty when­ they are worried, first 5 games were great, panic sets­ in. Remember that oh so late takle on wilkinson which­ led to a red and 50 point hammering.

The worse thing was Nigel Owen is a British ref. It­ would have been easy to stop the late and dangerous­ tackles as they started. Hard is one thing dirty is­ another. Hook was already tackled when sub-Human caught­ him late and high.

THANK YOU NUMBER 30....I think you illustrated my point­ better than I could ever have tried...

Number 29! ur such an @ss.. listen just cos you ppl­ cant play tough rugby doesn mean you gotta slag off­ other teams.. if you cant take it then dont play the­ game, its ment for real men not lil boys who cry when­ they get touched to hard by B teams. so stop moaning an­ get on with it its rugby not kiss an catches!! btw..­ history shows that the lions have lost to Southern­ Hemisphere teams since the begining! Yes you did invent­ Rugby but that doesn say much cos you invented most­ sports and you suck at them all and only when you win­ do you lot support but as soon as you lot lose ur quick­ to say its not our first sport so we dont mind. Ur just­ a bunch of moaning lil girls! There is no need for us­ to "impose some kind of authourity" Southern­ Hemisphere has always been tougher! o an just so you­ know.. A Lion is Afican ok? Lions are ment to be­ tough.. you should have been called British Panzies!­ anyway.. yeah we'll definitly bring it on and beat­ you once again.

WOW...so much inferior complexes coming from SA-Boks,­ it seems a shrink would work better for them than a­ game of rugby, the comment "Bullies are just­ cowards in disguise" comes to mind.
Who invented­ the game of rugby...YES that's right we did!! and­ you guys in the Southern hemisphere just can't deal­ with that and constantly feel the need to impose some­ kind of authourity, if I am right you are the­ specialist exponents of the SUPER 14 style of rugby and­ to boot the current World Champions so lets see a game­ of rugby played and beat the Lions if you dare........

#25 shanie. Nobody is arguing about the big hits. Its­ the late tackles from behind and high ones. Just­ typical sa rugby. Southern hem rugby is probably­ superior but it is all of your national sports. ( Didnt­ France beat the all blacks in nz) Lions 2-1

does anyone else agree with me when i say "Bring­ back the 99 call"? I reckon that would really show­ unity and ake the boks just that little bit cautious­ about goingover the adge with even the smallest of our­ players, COYL!

Gypsy Kings were late tackel merchants off the ball and­ pull down in the tight!
Lions also should play wise­ football and don`t get in a dog fight with their South­ A fwds!
We must stay on feet and move the ball which­ will be to our strength.

The history books show that roughing up the dirt­ trackers mid-week is part and parcel of tours in the­ southern hemisphere. But with the likes of­ O'Driscoll, Roberts, Phillips, Byrne and Croft it­ will take more than a few bully boys to tame the Lions­ on Saturday! Make no mistake it will be tough a tough­ series but this Lions team has enough pedigree to make­ everyone in old Blighty mighty proud!

If any further evidence was needed this display of so­ called rugby underlines that South African rugby is­ missing it’s hard and soul. The even worse news for­ world rugby is that as a result the current British­ and Irish Lions tour could be the tour to kill all­ tours. No rugby supporter endorses this inadvertent or­ otherwise evade and ambush tactics the Bocks are­ employing it is boring.

You should be here in SA. All 'late' tackles -­ the sort that effectively ended Johnnie Wilkinson's­ career - also against the Boks, were dismissed by the­ commentators as 'sort of late', 'he was­ committed' @#$%. The game is to take key players­ out of the game early. A red card or two is needed to­ make sure the manic cheats are removed from the field­ and the intended result is reversed.

Gcurrie, you are right that this is a mix up. Hook was­ not on the receiving end of a high tackle but since­ there were so many illegal tackles made by the kings it­ is easy to get mixed up. This game was not about­ winning for the kings it was about how many lions they­ could injure to prevent them playing in the test. I­ think that given the obvious tactics (in my opinion at­ the request of the SA RFU) the match citing ref must be­ stupid not to have cited at least three of the kings­ players. I am at a loss what a player would need to do­ to get a citing...bring a gun on the pitch?

Still­ showed that the Lions are a match for any physical side­ and it was good to see the 'handbags' being­ laughed off by the Lions pack. Obviously the kings were­ not tough enough despite their best and illegal­ efforts.

On the basis that you can do what the hell you like for­ the first twenty minutes and get away with warnings­ such as "the next time..." (All Blacks,­ Aussies and SA do it all the time)the Lions should get­ their intimidation in early. Evoke the spirit of­ Willie John McBride and give them HELL!

lions will win !!no probs!