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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
First Test: Australia vs. British and Irish Lions (22/06/13)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mrs. Peter Quinn" data-source="post: 578318" data-attributes="member: 12190"><p>Veal.. you make some very good points. I'd say though, that few of us on here still believe the Aussie pack is 'marshmallowy' <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />. In terms of scrum advantage, it's more a case of what a very good tighthead prop can do, to anyone. The home nations typify this - Wales shafted England in the 2013 six nations, France gave Wales some trouble there, the previous year England took Ireland apart... Most of this was down to excellent tighthead performances...Jones for Wales, Cole for England, Mas for France. I agree though, the wallabies will be competitive at least. </p><p></p><p>For me there's just a couple of tough calls... Lydiate over the others must have been enormously tough a call to make... it seems a big big call to leave O'Brien out of that side, I can only think that SOB didn't exactly cover himself in glory in the Brumbies match. The other for me is Maitland over Zebo... no doubt for me there that Zebo has looked the better player so far, I can only think that Maitland is there for his experience of playing the australian franchises?</p><p></p><p>Draggs I only what you mean about Hibbards physicality, but Youngs is pretty damm physical too in his own way. He's built like a barrel with a low centre of gravity... look at him here, small example I know, </p><p></p><p><a href="http://gifsoup.com/view/4735865/youngs.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/4735865/youngs-o.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://gifsoup.com" target="_blank">GIFSoup</a></p><p></p><p>Really gives them some trouble here, and this is Will Skelton we're talking about... really strong leg drive I think is the key to his power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mrs. Peter Quinn, post: 578318, member: 12190"] Veal.. you make some very good points. I'd say though, that few of us on here still believe the Aussie pack is 'marshmallowy' :p. In terms of scrum advantage, it's more a case of what a very good tighthead prop can do, to anyone. The home nations typify this - Wales shafted England in the 2013 six nations, France gave Wales some trouble there, the previous year England took Ireland apart... Most of this was down to excellent tighthead performances...Jones for Wales, Cole for England, Mas for France. I agree though, the wallabies will be competitive at least. For me there's just a couple of tough calls... Lydiate over the others must have been enormously tough a call to make... it seems a big big call to leave O'Brien out of that side, I can only think that SOB didn't exactly cover himself in glory in the Brumbies match. The other for me is Maitland over Zebo... no doubt for me there that Zebo has looked the better player so far, I can only think that Maitland is there for his experience of playing the australian franchises? Draggs I only what you mean about Hibbards physicality, but Youngs is pretty damm physical too in his own way. He's built like a barrel with a low centre of gravity... look at him here, small example I know, [URL=http://gifsoup.com/view/4735865/youngs.html][IMG]http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/4735865/youngs-o.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://gifsoup.com]GIFSoup[/URL] Really gives them some trouble here, and this is Will Skelton we're talking about... really strong leg drive I think is the key to his power. [/QUOTE]
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