3rd test - Australia v British & Irish Lions

[General Melchett]

Tuipulotu transforms that Lions midfield especially with Jones or Ringrose outside him. Selections from big Faz have been a shambles.

Cummings and Itoje are the best two lineout operators. Cummings should have been on the bench but was never given a fair crack.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

"I will go hard, I will come" - W. Greenwood (2025)

 

[Grizwald]

This is easily one of the worst lions team in living memory and there is absolutely no reason for it with the players available to choose from. Farrell has to be up there with Woodward in terms of incompetency.

A few people have said this over the tour. FWIW I disagree. Irish coach goes with a core of Irish players makes a lot of sense on form and trying to have cohesion. It was a dammed if you do dammed if you don't situation. You beat Aus 3-0 so what they were 8th in the world.

Lion's tours are hard to win that's why there's not many tour wins.

 

[ChicagoKid]

"I will go hard, I will come" - W. Greenwood (2025)

Me to my wife last night after 37 seconds.

 

[Which Tyler]

"I will go hard, I will come" - W. Greenwood (2025)

Not having difficulties with his age verification then...

ETA: just looking at him, he looks like someone who spends too much time on thos sites

 

[Reiser99]

I can't spake, if the ref's any bottle he should walk

I think that's English? What happened, talksport didn't suggest anything.

 

[Jimbo]

Fair play to Aus they have deserved this win.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Curry out till AI’s calling it

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I think that's English? What happened, talksport didn't suggest anything.

Just a seatbelt tackle from Morgan

 

[Grizwald]

The main thing after tonight is the Aussies get to whinge more about loosing last weekend...

 

[Protalus rampart]

A few people have said this over the tour. FWIW I disagree. Irish coach goes with a core of Irish players makes a lot of sense on form and trying to have cohesion. It was a dammed if you do dammed if you don't situation. You beat Aus 3-0 so what they were 8th in the world.

Lion's tours are hard to win that's why there's not many tour wins.

I don’t think the Irish core are the issue though - the vast majority deserved to be in the squad. Plus loads of recent lions coaches have done the same. It’s been the utterly shambolic selection policy throughout.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Hope Farrell will learn a but re fatigue following this. I don't think we lost tye QF of the WC for not rotating at all in the pools but it also couldn't be called intelligent coaching.

Needed to bring in a few hungry lads for this one. Sounds like a few had their minds on the beach from what I've been told.

 

[Bluemoon]

Curry out till AI's calling it

Our household just having that conversation. Reminds us of warburton for Cardiff, will play three times for Sale if lucky this year haha.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Curry out till AI's calling it

Think all the Lions miss 10 weeks or something mad, but yeah - I'm not expecting to see him until January tbh, the wrist surgery recovery will be a while

 

[Jimbo]

That could have been worse if white had finished the lions hope it would be far worse..

 

[Reiser99]

So Curry either has to come back on or Mitchell or play with 14?

 

[AlRums]

"I will go hard, I will come" - W. Greenwood (2025)

No sex talk here

 

[TRF_Olyy]

So Curry either has to come back on or Mitchell or play with 14?

Mitchell's on,
I imagine Aki will go to backrow, Jones back to centre and Mitchell to wing (or JGP to wing)

 

[dirty harry]

So Curry either has to come back on or Mitchell or play with 14?

Farrell has made errors with his bench tonight.

 

[Dean Cooperfield-West]

Is anyone shocked at this result? The Lions were terrible in test 1. Nearly lost test 2 and won by a 50:50 call. And now a largely unchanged team is losing test 3. The 23 is an awful 23!