Mark Connolly Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Absolutely delighted for the Scottish boys. Ali Price offers something different to the other two 9s, and could well end up on the bench (at least) for the Tests behind either. Great to see Zander's red didn't cost him, and Chris Harris is an unsurprising surprise, given how much trust both Tandy and Townsend have in him, and his recent performances for Gloucester. The others were all pretty much as certain as a Scotsman in a Lions squad under Gatland could be. 8 is the most we've had as an original selection since the 9 chosen in 1989, with 7 plus a late addition in 1993. All absolutely deserved. Daly is lucky, but is also a very good rugby player who Gatland trusts, and who I think Townsend might get a lot more out of than Jones. With Lawes and Simmonds, it's more surprising that they aren't always in the England squad than they're in this one, and the 2nd rows have clearly been picked as big dirty ball carriers when you see the general makeup of the back rowers. Wyn Jones ability to get opponents sent off is clearly a huge strength. I make no apologies for absolutely fucking loving the Lions, but it has been a tough shift as a Scottish Lions fan over the last few tours, even back as far as Australia in 2001. I genuinely cannot wait for this. If the first Test was on Saturday, Quote Hogg, A Watson, Henshaw, Farrell, Rees Zammit, Biggar, Murray, Sutherland, George, Furlong, AWJ, Itoje, Curry, H Watson, Faletau. Subs: Cowan-Dickie, Fagerson, Vunipola, Beirne, Simmonds, Price, Russell, Williams for me please. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) ETA: Oli Kebble at Price's name being announced! Edited May 6, 2021 by Mark Connolly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Mark Connolly said: ETA: Oli Kebble at Price's name being announced! Love that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Its not entirely unreasonable to pick a starting XV with no Irish players in it. That’d be a crying shame if that happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Its not entirely unreasonable to pick a starting XV with no Irish players in it. That’d be a crying shame if that happened. Henshaw and Furlong would be in 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nessies long lost ghost Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said: 3 hours ago, Savage Henry said: Its not entirely unreasonable to pick a starting XV with no Irish players in it. That’d be a crying shame if that happened. Henshaw and Furlong would be in I agree Furlong is better than Fagerson - I like Fagerson but Furlong is better Henshaw is a great player 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just another quick point on Harris - the fact that he'll have played about every game this season alongside one or more of Hogg, Duhan or Rees Zammit creating space for them will definitely have counted in his favour 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Some of the meltdowns on Twitter and the Guardian comments sections have been quite something (I was going to also mention BBC website, but the comments section on that is a permanent seething racist mess, no matter what the topic). My favourite so far has been that the only reason so many Scots were picked was because there was an election yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 15 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: ETA: Oli Kebble at Price's name being announced! I think that is brilliant that Price couldn't even cope! Big fan of Fagerson's reaction! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Back to the 1872 cup tonight, and 3 new Lions getting a run out Glasgow Warriors (v Edinburgh at Scotstoun, Friday @ 8.15pm): C Forbes; R Tagive, N Grigg, S McDowall, K Steyn; R Thompson, A Price; O Kebble, F Brown, Z Fagerson, R Harley, S Cummings, F Lokotui, T Gordon, R Wilson. Subs: G Turner, T Lambert, E Pieretto, R Gray, L McDonald, G Horne, P Horne, N Matawalu. Edinburgh (v Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun, Friday @ 8.15pm): D Hoyland; E Sau, M Bennett, G Taylor, D van der Merwe; N Chamberlain, H Pyrgos; P Schoeman, D Cherry, W Nel, J Hodgson, G Gilchrist, J Ritchie, L Crosbie, V Mata. Subs: S McInally, B Venter, L Atalifo, M Sykes, M Kunavula, C Shiel, C Savala, J Johnstone. Good to see McDowall and McInally back after long lay offs with injury. Teams look well matched, except for the Edinburgh back row that is head and shoulders above Glasgows and should win them the game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 17 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said: 18 hours ago, Savage Henry said: Its not entirely unreasonable to pick a starting XV with no Irish players in it. That’d be a crying shame if that happened. Henshaw and Furlong would be in Oh I quite agree, and as funny as it would be I wouldn’t advocate it, but it’s not beyond the realms of possibility. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 20 hours ago, nessies long lost ghost said: I agree Furlong is better than Fagerson - I like Fagerson but Furlong is better Henshaw is a great player Furlong brings more carrying but I don't think there is anyone in BIL selection who does better work around the ruck than Zander. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 What a line that is from Cole Forbes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Good start from Glasgow here. Price and Thompson playing well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Edinburgh's discipline being poor again. We just compound error after error. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Stupid from Fraser Brown there. For the first time in what seems like years, Glasgow scored, and won a penalty from the restart, then he gets it reversed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 It was stupid by Brown but it was 6 and half a dozen on the pushing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 It was stupid by Brown but it was 6 and half a dozen on the pushing.I think that's the ref trying to stamp some authority on the game more than anything. Quite niggly already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, super_carson said: 1 minute ago, Gianfranco said: It was stupid by Brown but it was 6 and half a dozen on the pushing. I think that's the ref trying to stamp some authority on the game more than anything. Quite niggly already. As John Barclay said though, that's not a bad thing given how last year's derbies seemed to lack a bit of edge. A lot of these guys now playing for spots on the Scotland trip to Eastern Europe in the summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Kyle Steyn has started like an absolute freight train 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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