3. Their Team
The XV the Lions pick will always be imposing, but with a few recent injuries it is distinctly less imposing than it could have been. Jamie Roberts will be sorely missed, as will Tommy Bowe and Cian Healy. Manu Tuilagi and Gethin Jenkins are also on the sidelines, which means we are getting down to second and third stringers in crucial positions.
All of a sudden the Lions midfield looks a little vulnerable, and their scrum not as powerful. International stars like Roberts and Bowe are being replaced by Welshies we have easily dealt with before in Davies and Cuthbert. Vunipola will probably be in the front row, and he wasn’t even good enough to be a part of the England scrum we destroyed last year.
So we know their tactics, and now injuries have provided a few more chinks in the armour.
