Lions Tour 2025

[Sword of Justice]

storm in a teacup, honestly

Next we will be criticising the grounds for playing music or announcers celebrating home players too much when they read out the lineup

One could argue that slitting the throat as part of the haka is 'stirring the pot' so to speak

Yeah it is no big deal. Very lazy piece by that journalist. Using his own logic one could claim every piece of banter ever is incendiary. Are the Lions fans or the Barmy Army going to stop calling us convicts? I hope not because no one here gives a fuck about that at all (other than Adelaide people) and it’s an opportunity to return serve.

 

[Ignoto]

I can't wait to hear Dan complain about Waltzing Matilda being played to create atmosphere and joy at the ground.

 

[Tex]

I mean it's pretty harmless fun during a festival of rugby.

Surely we can quarantine the grim ultra competitiveness for the three test weeks and celebrate the shared love of the game during the tour matches?

 

[Tex]

Anyway from my interactions and observations on twitter, and with a few posters here tbh, the number of Aussies, Kiwis and South Africans playing for the Lions gets a great response every time, which tells me we should only be dialling up the banter on this particular channel.

The more red-faced wobbly necked Poms the better!

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Surely we can quarantine the grim ultra competitiveness for the three test weeks and celebrate the shared love of the game during the tour matches?

I hope you didn't see that Barbarians vs Springboks match.

The boks treating it like a World Cup Final.

 

[Derpus]

We are probably gunna get white washed - might as well enjoy some bants. The Brits supposedly enjoy it.

 

[Tex]

No but none of that surprises me. Weird to have Baa Baas touring as a warm up for the RC rather than a hit and giggle pissup at Twickenham after the actual tests have concluded...

 

[Braveheart81]

https://x.com/NathJWilliamson/status/1939565357729268202

David Havili, Shaun Stevenson, Shannon Frizell and Folau Fakatava all announced for the AUNZ Invitational XV to face the Lions on July 12

 

[Dctarget]

https://x.com/NathJWilliamson/status/1939565357729268202

David Havili, Shaun Stevenson, Shannon Frizell and Folau Fakatava all announced for the AUNZ Invitational XV to face the Lions on July 12

Pretty decent. Hopefully Telea and Sotutu as well.

 

[drewprint]

Re: the ground announcer. It’s classic English behaviour: “it’s just bantz innit lad!?!” until they cop a little bit back and squeal like stuck pigs. Banter, but on their terms, always. Similiar to ‘the spirit of cricket’, but I digress.

 

[Dan54]

I can't wait to hear Dan complain about Waltzing Matilda being played to create atmosphere and joy at the ground.

Why would I complain about that Ig?? You desperate or something? I don't get your point.

 

[Ignoto]

Why would I complain about that Ig?? You desperate or something? I don't get your point.

Well, you're complaining about other non-issue things happening at the game that are fun, why wouldn't you complain about an anti-authoritarian song?

If the Poms / Northerners are cranky with hearing the truth, then it probably demonstrates they're not as comfortable with having the Hansens, Lowes etc playing for the home countries.

I'd have some sympathy for the home nations, but it's all out seeing they once again do SFA to grow the game outside of their own backyards and pillage other nations i.e. Georgia.

 

[Derpus]

Dan trolling the forum about some nonsense as we embark on another humiliating series defeat. Some things never change eh.