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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
1st TEST: South Africa v Lions
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 268393"><p>People seem to be raving about O'Driscolls performance, and yes he was top class, but Roberts was another notch above him. He was quite simply immense in just about everything he did. He created Crofts first try, got the lions in position for the other Croft try and Phillip's try. He was the destructive force which gave BOD the space and time needed for him to weave his magic. Just had another look at his bulldozering run just before Phillips' try, straight off a scrum and it took 3-4 to stop him! His running was quite simply unstoppable, even when Fourie replaced Jacobs. If the Springboks can't stop him next week, he might just drag the Lions to the win.</p><p></p><p>Pitty Shane Williams isn't in the form he was last year, because having him running support lines alongside Roberts playing like this, with Roberts ability to offload in the takle and Shanes ability to beat the covering fullback so easily could have resulted in tries galore!</p><p></p><p>The next test should be a cracker as I can't see the Lions wasting so many of their opportunities / the Boks covering takles being so effective next time. The Boks should have improved aswell though. I'm praying the Lions can win, as it would set up a huge game in the final test. I'm actually feeling quite confident that the Lions can pull it off next Sat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 268393"] People seem to be raving about O'Driscolls performance, and yes he was top class, but Roberts was another notch above him. He was quite simply immense in just about everything he did. He created Crofts first try, got the lions in position for the other Croft try and Phillip's try. He was the destructive force which gave BOD the space and time needed for him to weave his magic. Just had another look at his bulldozering run just before Phillips' try, straight off a scrum and it took 3-4 to stop him! His running was quite simply unstoppable, even when Fourie replaced Jacobs. If the Springboks can't stop him next week, he might just drag the Lions to the win. Pitty Shane Williams isn't in the form he was last year, because having him running support lines alongside Roberts playing like this, with Roberts ability to offload in the takle and Shanes ability to beat the covering fullback so easily could have resulted in tries galore! The next test should be a cracker as I can't see the Lions wasting so many of their opportunities / the Boks covering takles being so effective next time. The Boks should have improved aswell though. I'm praying the Lions can win, as it would set up a huge game in the final test. I'm actually feeling quite confident that the Lions can pull it off next Sat. [/QUOTE]
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