120 this is always the case with the lions ,they are­ subject to change and disruption at the best of times­ ,they will cope ,come on the lions

Well whatever and whoevers in the test team l will get­ behind and scream like a man possesed tomorrow, COME ON­ THE LIONS DO IT FOR US ALL STUCK BACK HOME , WE`RE ALL­ BEHIND YOU.

Shane Williams (I.R.B. player of the year 08) has­ always taken plenty of stick throught his­ career.Granted he hasn't played well lately,but one­ moment of magic is all he needs to regain his­ confidence.He was described as a "joke" by­ some potato couch on another post.I hope he regains his­ form before he retires,he deserves that!
C'mon the­ LIONS!

Dennison J MacKinnon, your mad !!!! shane willims hs­ done nothing to merit a place on the bench for sat an­ some might say to be on the tour at all this season!!!­ as for martin williams respect to the man hes a class­ act but i cant see him standing up to the battering­ that will occur in the first 55/60 mins .... impact sub­ is the way to use him , when things open up and bodies­ are hurting he will do his stuff. wallace is the better­ option to start.

response to-sugru.

Your not a lions fan let alone a­ rugby fan, the spirit & ethos of the lions is the­ coming together of the 4 home nations, i care less­ where a player comes from as do true lions fans &­ rugby supporters. your comments are as narrow minded as­ they get.. take your lions top off, find something­ really high & try flying. you're a nob(prolly a­ really small one that girls have laughed at all your­ life)

To the Irish, Welsh, Scots & English lions­ fan.. I hope everyone of you has a fantastic day­ tomorrow & lets roast a bok.

I am an Irish Rugby Supporter, and I SHOCKED myself big­ time, Vickery came on and put in a couple of great­ tackles and i found myself roaring him on.
This is what­ the Lions is all about NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SUPPORTERS I­ dont care if he is an Englishman/Scott/Welsh or Irish­ all I want is for all of us to Face up to the BOKS with­ pride.

Ewen. Hines has played ok in the 2nd row on tour but­ struggled with a lack of pace on tuesday at 6. Shaw­ should be on the bench instead of o callaghan,adds a­ few more dimensions than him.

Haven't read many comments but think it's a­ great selection. Only doubt is Monje. O'Connell­ will shine, Williams probably should have started with­ Wallace coming on later. Lions to win first two tests.

re comment 129,what an apt statement,as the few people­ on here who actually love the game,not the "he­ should have/shouldnt have gone" nonsense,nice to­ see an actual fan who watches the game not the­ players,obviously if a player shines then we'll­ watch him,but as you say,i'll be watching the boys­ as if they were my own countrymen!!

come on lions,its­ time to step up now,just do your best,cos we all know­ your best IS good enough!!!
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Very disappointed that Hines and/or Shaw are not­ getting a start on Saturday and that O'Connell is.­ I know he is the skipper and understand therefore there­ is some pressure for him to play..BUT he has been­ conspicuously poor by his own normally high standards­ on this tour so far. Maybe the captaincy is affecting­ his form? He wouldn't be the first to suffer from­ this, but shoulod be man enough to admit this and step­ aside to play the best men in form at the moment and­ there are at least two on the bench that must be­ wondering what they have to do to get a place, Shaw and­ Hines, both of whom are so on form right now its a­ travesty not to start at least one of them. Poor­ selection I'm afraid O'Connell and Mighty­ Mouse....please prove me wrong

First, I love the comment re the dream about the Lions­ winning 50 - 3, It just shows how much people are­ looking forward to this, me included!
All you Powell­ lovers, what exactly has he done to merit selection?­ He's conceded more turnovers than all the other­ lions back rows combined and he's had a pretty poor­ season, including a poor 6n and not even starting for­ Cardiff in the end The Boks would make short work of­ him. He has a bit to learn at this level, I think­ he's def one for the future though. Heaslip will­ outplay Spies on Saturday, you might not see too much­ of Heaslip, but you wont see much of Spies either.
A­ little prediction, ROG will start the second test. I­ wish Jones luck and I appreciate where is game is­ superior to ROG's but when ROG comes on on Staurday­ you'll see things liven up a little more.
Finally,­ everyone of you would love to be able to cheer the­ likes of O'Driscoll and O'Connell on if they­ lined out in your contries coulours each spring, as we­ would with your top players. Let me tell you what­ I'm gonna do, I'm gonna grasp the opportunity­ that I only get every four years and cheer your boys on­ like they were my own! You should really do the same.­ Stop sniping at O'Connell and others, they all more­ than deserve to be where they are and come Saturday the­ Bokkies are gonna find out why!
LIONS LIONS LIONS­ LIONS!!!!!

Geech gets it right a statement to come back to haunt­ us over the next month?

Geech gets it right a statement to come back to haunt­ us over the next month?

only wrong call is not having sheridan at least on the­ bench in case it needs to get really physical i think­ the assumption is as in the warm ups that scrums are­ going to be largely obselete and not contested if that­ doesnt occur then the selection is very underpowered

i think its a really good lions squad this year.People­ keep talking about S.A. like they beat everybody by 50­ points!!. But i think the lions will win the series and­ bring everybody back down to earth.

Of course Shane Williams should be at least on the­ bench - and they'll be screaming for Martyn­ Williams before half time. Otherwise, a great­ selection!

Of course Shane Williams should be at least on the­ bench - and they'll be screaming for Martyn­ Williams before half time. Otherwise, a great­ selection!

Ronan O'gara has not played better than jones! he­ is so scared of contact and keeps putting through­ stupid kicks when we have overlaps. And when we are­ defending a scrum, anyone noticed he is moved to­ outside centre because he cant tackle the no8 or crash­ ball centre on him. Jones has been playing consistently­ and well, brining on roberts and odriscoll giving well­ timed passes, just because o gara dropped a gaol to win­ the six nations doesnt mean he should start! Hook would­ have been on the bench if he hadnt been injured.

it's gonna be tough,but i think the boks will take­ the first test.the lions have not played together at a­ higher level,this will count against them,even a side­ of their quality.