Wallabies v Lions - 3rd Test, Accor Stadium, Saturday 2 August

[Braveheart81]

Well, that was one of the best live sporting events I've ever been to.

What a night! Thankfully we were undercover. It would have been a very different experience for the poor souls in the lower section. The rain was insane!

 

[Tomthumb]

But decent amount of this team is about to head overseas. If you are wallabies eligible then it shouldn’t matter where you play

But logistically and contract wise it does

 

[Dctarget]

I saw that Mark Nawaqanitawase somehow snuck into the Lions/Wallabies after party on Saturday night. Also saw that Carter Gordon has been commenting a bit on the players’ posts. Yes boys, let the pride, joy and jealousy run through you. Come on home. Celebrating with the Lions and the Wallabies must be way more fun and classy. Instead of doing poor quality coke in the Ivy bathrooms you’re also.. doing poor quality coke in the Ivy bathrooms.

 

[Heavyd]

But logistically and contract wise it does

Challenge is players sign away a lot of their flexibility when they sign in Europe. Unbelievably the French Top 14 kicks off on 6 September.
I'm sure big Nella's club will want him wrapped in cotton wool from here on in and in Paris for training stat. UK comp also kicks off soon so Langi and Hooper will be on a plane to meet their contractual obligations.

 

[Spamnoodle]

It would all depend on when their current contractual obligations finish with RA.

 

[Heavyd]

Which I believe was at the end of the Lions tour.

 

[whitefalcon]

Aren't they usually to November?

 

[barbarian]

Thought the ground experience was just first class. Well done to RA and those involved.

Particularly loved what they did with welcome to country. Doing it before the players are out there, Lloyd Walker, mood lighting, just felt special rather than something tacked onto the anthems when everyone just wants the game to start.

Only criticism is the ground announcer, took a bit too long to tell us about the lightning issue. At the ground we thought Ryan might have died!

 

[drewprint]

...poor souls in the lower section. The rain was insane!

I was one of those poor souls but it was weird - it was kind of a fun experience. The atmosphere and vibes amongst us poor soaked souls was still great, I think everyone leaned into it and embraced it. That and the extra 45 minutes drinking time at the bar. Everyone kind of turned feral. Good fun!

 

[Braveheart81]

That and the extra 45 minutes drinking time at the bar. Everyone kind of turned feral. Good fun!

I second this. The lightning break was excellent. 45 minutes of karaoke classics and the crowd getting more intoxicated. Everyone was certainly well and truly in the spirit of things when play resumed.

Thought the ground experience was just first class. Well done to RA and those involved.

Particularly loved what they did with welcome to country. Doing it before the players are out there, Lloyd Walker, mood lighting, just felt special rather than something tacked onto the anthems when everyone just wants the game to start.

Only criticism is the ground announcer, took a bit too long to tell us about the lightning issue. At the ground we thought Ryan might have died!

The whole game day presentation was awesome.

I wonder if it took a while to filter up to the announcer? It was certainly confusing at the ground when all a sudden there were no players on the pitch. I watched the replay last night which was quite interesting. The commentators seemed to react to the situation live as well. It felt like the gameday manager running out to talk to the referee and order everyone off the field was the first person being told it was happening.

 

[Heavyd]

Aren't they usually to November?

Actually I think Im wrong. Hopefully they are all available for consideration for RC. Lets hope big Lukhan gets on the plane too.

 

[whitefalcon]

It was my first time to Accor for a game and I'd say it generally was excellent for those things the stadium could control. The 2 full strength beers per transaction was idiotic though.

Getting the train home was a cluster but it seems that was mostly due to the delay due to weather. Sounds like it threw the schedule out completely.

 

[Major Tom]

Nah the train ride home is usually a cluster. Been to a bledi and it took ages. Went to Coldplay last year and didn’t get home for hours. They need a fleet of buses to help out.

 

[Braveheart81]

We went to the Pullman after the game and then caught the train when that closed (maybe midnight?!?). By that point it was pretty quiet.

Getting the train directly after a major event is always awful.

 

[parkfootyenthusiast2]

I dont know when, but I hope just one time we'll throw all rugby nuance out the window and run a jumbo package of 7As (Allan Ala'alatoa), Tupou, Skelton, LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) and Bobby V..

 

[parkfootyenthusiast2]

Getting the train directly after a major event is always awful.

Yeah I did see a lot of feedback from Lions fans on their tour fb page about the nightmare train back into the city

 

[Major Tom]

I dont know when, but I hope just one time we'll throw all rugby nuance out the window and run a jumbo package of 7As (Allan Ala'alatoa) (Allan Ala'alatoa), Tupou, Skelton, LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) and Bobby V..

I don’t reckon Skelton will be there. But we need to try and win games in the RC to help our RWC pool allocation. So I reckon we’ll pick a pretty similar squad to the BIL one.
Tupou will tour SA because we’ll get demolished in the scrum if he doesn’t.

 

[Rebel man]

But logistically and contract wise it does

South Africa and Argentina pick players from anywhere. It can be done we choose not to

 

[Rebel man]

Also saw that Carter Gordon has been commenting a bit on the players’ posts.

Carter must regret leaving picked up one hell of an injury and never played

 

[Crashy]

we really need a 5th supe team. We have the players - just not the cashola...
Jeez we could select a pretty good team - just thinking anout all the Tahs players overseas for example - Swinton, Hanigan, foley etc