I agree with the front row selection, the welsh boys­ did well last week after Vickery had a torrid time of­ it. Shaw to give us a bit more physicality in the 2nd­ row is a good shout as well.
I suppose the only thing­ I have issue with is the inclusion of Shane Williams in­ the squad, as he's been below par for a long time.­ On his day, the guy is a welsh god, but those talents­ that won him IRB player of the year 2008 have been in­ hiding for a long time. I'd have demoted Monye to­ the bench for Fitzgerald, as Monye has a better chance­ of dealing with the physicality of the 'Boks than­ Williams will.
What is done is done though, so all that­ is left is to get behind our Lions and hope they can­ level the series to give us a fitting climax come next­ weekend.

sugruejames55, oh you all upset , think we better keep­ on picking on him, maybe his mummy will stop him­ playing with us. By the way how is she , she had a­ nasty cough this morning, something with her swallow.­ Go see your father he likes sucking balls.

i agree with 51, they were some mighty fine tackles and­ he will definately learn from it.
Lets hope Shane­ Williams will be at his very best when he comes on.­ When he's on fire he's amazing!

Monye should have been at least on the bench, absolute­ terrible decision.seems to be the scapegoat. cant blame­ him for outstanding cover tackling by the boks, shabby­ man management

ok jrg 26,u caught me on that 1,mearly saying that with­ a bulkier back row,think we shud dominate scrum­ time,hope they dont plan to replace gethin with­ sheridan,hopefully they plan to move gethin over and­ bring jones off after 60,he is alot fitter but wont go­ 4 80 mins.also if jones isint playing that well at fly­ half give o gara 40 mins,cud be a slight risk tho with­ his defence,i see he got flattened in the emerging­ springbox game as if he werent there,but he is a beter­ kicker of the ball

pjenkx, you really are a silly little boy aren`t, you­ watching the game while mummy gives you bitty, the­ other tit in the way of what was going on in the match.­ You say the Welsh are letting you down, get a life its­ getting boring, on a lighter note, surejames and loise­ have found each other, what a match made in heaven two­ tits togeather. They make a nice pair of pups­ togeather.

Can anyone tell me how long Lee Byrne is out for­ because i think he is a great player

barbara.craddock - thanks very much for the­ explanation

To Cartman regarding the crowds - or lack of - the­ regional games have been against teams missing their­ key men - in the case of the Sharks for example 10­ first team players were missing. Locally they are aware­ and turned off. Secondly the price of the tickets here­ is very expensive and thirdly SA rugby is about the­ Super 14, which the Bulls won this year and most­ importantly the Tri Nations which starts soon. You­ won't see any empty seats for those matches.

Great selection my the lions glad to see shane made the­ bench what a sub to come on

Oops, did i touch a nerve ptohej? Correct me if i'm­ wrong, but isnt this page all about opinions? Of which­ we all have one.
To echo the wise words of neil p, if­ you cant say something constructive, dont say anything.­ After all, its better to remain quiet and look a fool­ than to open your mouth and prove it beyond all doubt.

Good selection would have liked to seen rog on from the­ start one change id make ....come on the loins

Mthomson1968. Hey mate, I am not pro or against anyone,­ just pro the Lions and wish we would all drop our­ Nationalistic views and get behind OUR team. But Mr­ pubescant Segrue started it!! I do wish more of the­ Welsh team had turned up in form though, still think we­ could do with a firing Martin Williams and a rampaging­ Powell. Also Shane Williams in 2005/6/7 form would be a­ massive affensive threat. Shame Johnny Wilkinson is so­ bloody injury prone!!

if you didn't see it in the 6 nations already that­ is. Moron.

By your logic garyhawkings who's Spies?
Heaslip is­ doing fabtastic work to just keep Spies quiet. With­ more go forward that will be created by this pack on­ Saturday you'll see what he can do.

jrg 26 - it was not all down to Vickery at all - the­ "Beast" was boring in illegally for a lot of­ the scrummaging - the NZ ref just either missed it,­ ignored it or allowed it..yes the scrum was better when­ Jones came on - but did you notice the beast was­ penalised a lot more! - it is also because Jones is a­ smaller prop than VIckery and therefore was able to­ keep low.