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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
Lions farce on the horizon.
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<blockquote data-quote="nick_w" data-source="post: 189223"><p>agreed, but the premiership is more important. The Lions won't do any better this time out than in New Zealand. Why? because you need one of the British teams to be seriously world class and there hasn't been a team like that since England in 2003. The 2001 Lions tour was close and should have gone our way.. 2005 we couldn't even beat the Maoris. So unless one of the British teams puts together a string of performances, which means beating SH teams in the Autumn and winning the 6Nations convincingly, the Lions will flop.</p><p></p><p>That article I think is a little biased. Fine, the RFU may have messed them around, but the Heineken Cup, a completely separate competition, is also causing problems. The Lions should have arranged their tour for later on in the summer. And don't tell me the South Africans won't accommodate any changes, they're making a ridiculous amount of money from it so they need the Lions to come..</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>I guess it's each to their own at the end of the day. I'd consider the Lions tour a more important part of British rugby because of its rarity, its ability to unite otherwise battling fans, and the sheer amount of talent in almost every area of the game.</p><p></p><p>I'm not so sure that South Africa would accommodate any major changes that would lead to a later tour for a number of reasons. Firstly, whether we love it or hate it, Football is the biggest sport in the world, and although they are getting a hefty pay cheque for the Lions, I imagine the one they are getting from fifa is a bit bigger. Secondly, with the Fifa world cup coming up in 2010, I should think SA want to play good hosts for the Confederates Cup to help draw fans in time for quite possibly the biggest sporting event in the country since the 1995 RWC.</p><p></p><p>What I do agree with you on is that one of the British teams need to put on an outstanding performance down south this summer, and equally in Autumn (i'm looking at you Mr Gatland and hopefully Mr Johnson).</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="nick_w, post: 189223"] agreed, but the premiership is more important. The Lions won't do any better this time out than in New Zealand. Why? because you need one of the British teams to be seriously world class and there hasn't been a team like that since England in 2003. The 2001 Lions tour was close and should have gone our way.. 2005 we couldn't even beat the Maoris. So unless one of the British teams puts together a string of performances, which means beating SH teams in the Autumn and winning the 6Nations convincingly, the Lions will flop. That article I think is a little biased. Fine, the RFU may have messed them around, but the Heineken Cup, a completely separate competition, is also causing problems. The Lions should have arranged their tour for later on in the summer. And don't tell me the South Africans won't accommodate any changes, they're making a ridiculous amount of money from it so they need the Lions to come.. [/b][/quote] I guess it's each to their own at the end of the day. I'd consider the Lions tour a more important part of British rugby because of its rarity, its ability to unite otherwise battling fans, and the sheer amount of talent in almost every area of the game. I'm not so sure that South Africa would accommodate any major changes that would lead to a later tour for a number of reasons. Firstly, whether we love it or hate it, Football is the biggest sport in the world, and although they are getting a hefty pay cheque for the Lions, I imagine the one they are getting from fifa is a bit bigger. Secondly, with the Fifa world cup coming up in 2010, I should think SA want to play good hosts for the Confederates Cup to help draw fans in time for quite possibly the biggest sporting event in the country since the 1995 RWC. What I do agree with you on is that one of the British teams need to put on an outstanding performance down south this summer, and equally in Autumn (i'm looking at you Mr Gatland and hopefully Mr Johnson). [/QUOTE]
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