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gods! it wasn't worth watching through the first time!I've still got the other one recorded I might just rewatch it.
Lions by 50. The standard of the SA provincial sides has really affected my enjoyment of the tour. I haven't enjoyed the games so far. It's the lack of a genuine contest that is annoying me. You only play the Lions once every twelve years and yet can't be bothered to put your first 15 out. To me that should be part of the contract with Sanzaar. The provincial teams should be able to pick their best available side and if you can't do that then to me the Lions shouldn't play them. These warm-up games are a waste of time, they're not testing the Lions at all.
Yes they are but I remember in NZ the Kiwi teams in the first 3 tour matches were allowed to have their All Black players. So at a similar point in the tour 4 years ago, the club sides had their international players playing. Why is it different this time?. Covid?. I just think it makes a mockery of the purpose of warm-up matches. Warm-up matches are supposed to be a chance for the Lions to get the combinations working against some reasonable opposition which put them under pressure. The Lions are sauntering through these games, winning by 50 without even hitting 3rd gear, as a spectacle it's poor. I think it diminishes the tour.Aren't all their best players currently in the Boks camp?
Yes they are but I remember in NZ the Kiwi teams in the first 3 tour matches were allowed to have their All Black players. So at a similar point in the tour 4 years ago, the club sides had their international players playing. Why is it different this time?. Covid?. I just think it makes a mockery of the purpose of warm-up matches. Warm-up matches are supposed to be a chance for the Lions to get the combinations working against some reasonable opposition which put them under pressure. The Lions are sauntering through these games, winning by 50 without even hitting 3rd gear, as a spectacle it's poor. I think it diminishes the tour.
They just let them out once a week to allow members of the public to cough directly into their mouths in time for the next round of testingIt's absolutely because of covid; no way would they release the Boks players to leave camp, go play a club match somewhere else, and then go back to the Boks camp/bubble.
That's astonishing. But also part of the reason why I sometimes get a bit arsey about the number of overseas players in domestic leagues.In Europe you have non international SA players of
Loosehead: F.Van Wyk, Venter, Hencus van Wyk
Hooker: Akker van der Merwe, du Toit, Cooper, Willemse, Els, Dweba, Bismarck du Plessis, Franco Marais,
Tightheads: Wilco Louw, Jonker, Scholtz, Marcel van der Merwe, de Bruin, Pierre Schoeman, Botha, Adriaanse, van der Westhuizen,
Lock: JP Du Preez, Wiese, Lewies, Ribbans, Snyman, Herbst, Wegner, Grobler, Oosthuizen, Marais, Jandré Marais, Jordaan, Pieterse, Nico Janse van Rensburg, Jacques du Plessis, Jan de Klerk, Kobus van Dyk, Hattingh, Ruan Botha, Bulbring, Erasmus, Jenkins,
Back Row: Kristen, Vermeulen, Ross, Hanro Liebenberg, Wiaan Liebenberg, Brink, Coetzee, Carr, Ackermann, Cloete, Britz, Paul,
Scrum Half: Hougaard, Schreuder, Duvenage, Hall, Reinach
Fly Half: du Preez, Schoeman, Goosen, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Stander, Cronjé
Centre: Janse van Rensburg, Esterhuizen, Taute, Benhard Janse van Rensburg, Venter, Smith, Lee, Sadie, Vorster, Serfontein,
Back 3: Van Wyk, Green, Immelman, Coetzee, Rhule, Leyds, Robinson, SP Marais, van den Heever, Mahuza, Vermaak,
All I think played in the South African development system. (Prob missed a lot also)
No nation in the world could deal with that kind of volume of loss without ruining their depth.
Can also add from Ireland Knox, Cloete, Bolton, Milasinovich for example and obviously a bunch of now internationals for other countries.In Europe you have non international SA players of
Loosehead: F.Van Wyk, Venter, Hencus van Wyk
Hooker: Akker van der Merwe, du Toit, Cooper, Willemse, Els, Dweba, Bismarck du Plessis, Franco Marais,
Tightheads: Wilco Louw, Jonker, Scholtz, Marcel van der Merwe, de Bruin, Pierre Schoeman, Botha, Adriaanse, van der Westhuizen,
Lock: JP Du Preez, Wiese, Lewies, Ribbans, Snyman, Herbst, Wegner, Grobler, Oosthuizen, Marais, Jandré Marais, Jordaan, Pieterse, Nico Janse van Rensburg, Jacques du Plessis, Jan de Klerk, Kobus van Dyk, Hattingh, Ruan Botha, Bulbring, Erasmus, Jenkins,
Back Row: Kristen, Vermeulen, Ross, Hanro Liebenberg, Wiaan Liebenberg, Brink, Coetzee, Carr, Ackermann, Cloete, Britz, Paul,
Scrum Half: Hougaard, Schreuder, Duvenage, Hall, Reinach
Fly Half: du Preez, Schoeman, Goosen, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Stander, Cronjé
Centre: Janse van Rensburg, Esterhuizen, Taute, Benhard Janse van Rensburg, Venter, Smith, Lee, Sadie, Vorster, Serfontein,
Back 3: Van Wyk, Green, Immelman, Coetzee, Rhule, Leyds, Robinson, SP Marais, van den Heever, Mahuza, Vermaak,
All I think played in the South African development system. (Prob missed a lot also)
No nation in the world could deal with that kind of volume of loss without ruining their depth.