The warm up games are to get the Lions players used to playing with each other, and used to the systems in attack and defence that the team will be using.
If a player has a good game against the Waratahs that doesn't override what has happened over the previous 12 months and mean he should go into the test team over a player that has been better than him over the previous 12 months.
A 1st Lions Test team without a man from Cymru is just wrong and makes me feel weird inside.
For me, Morgan has been the best back-rower this tour, but from
"leaks" I've been reading, it seems like Farrell is gonna pick Curry at openside (Number 7) and Berne at Blindside (Number 6). Neither Curry and Berne have shown any really form on tour and have had poor games, but Farrell has picked on reputation and all that
"test match animals" sh*t I keep hearing.
With me, I don't fk who you are, or what you've done or won, you've gotta show me. Picking on repuation is why the Lions loose most tight close series because they have the same mentality as you in picking on reputation. They play it safe.
Like the Lions in SA in 2021, Dan Biggar of Wales was the safe pick at 10, he had the reputation, because Wales were six nations champions, whereas the form and potential was Finn Russell and that's what everyone was saying and had the played Russell from Test match 1, they probably would have won the series because he plays or more expansive game and ppl saw the difference when he came on
Looking at the
"leak" it looks like Farrell had his starting 15 already in his head the moment he stepped on the plane, and he's stuck to that and nothing players outside his starting 15 would make a difference
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