Western Force v Lions, Saturday, 28 June @ Optus Stadium 8pm AEST
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Sword of Justice
Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Yes agreed but he didn’t fire a shot the whole game. I see a lot of running diagonals and passing it on to the next guy.
Wilson
John Eales (66)
Grealy did as well, though from too far out to make a difference. Swain also kept up his excellent lineout work and given the strength of the scrum Robertson has kept himself in the conversation.
Donaldson was probably neutral given he was out of position, but CdC and White probably just lost their squad spots.
Derpus
Phil Waugh (73)
I completely disagree. Did the Force forwards get over the gainline once? Its easy to dominate the ruck when you are that physically dominant.
Men verse boys. We learnt nothing.
Shiggins
David Codey (61)
Force showed the lions scrum and lineout is vulnerable. The lions scored most the tries off counter attack and the fact the force were out of position as it was a B team who didn't gell well at all. This team has a lot of players who will start against wallabies. Wallabies should smash the lions
Upthemaroon!
Frank Nicholson (4)
I kinda expected it to be bad, but not this bad to be honest. Last Lions tour the first club game in South Africa ended in similar numbers and they were playing mostly Currie Cup players.
A mutterer
Chilla Wilson (44)
Let's not get ahead of ourselves. The lions came to play champagne rugby, not little creatures rugby. They were lethal on counter and offloading.
Force have set the standard for our soup teams - more than 1 try and less than 50 put on them.
Force have set the standard for our soup teams - more than 1 try and less than 50 put on them.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
Not so sure about CdC, but he is surely still behind Gleeson in the pecking order.
I think BPA also played himself out of the squad. His form all year has been poor, and he would really be about 6 or 7 in line as far as Hookers are concerned.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
Interestingly, Mack Hansen finished as the most influential winger on the ground I think. His second half was very good, bordering on excellent.
Wilson
John Eales (66)
It'll all depend on the alternatives playing better in their opportunities, but for a guy like CdC to have a chance at a wallabies Jersey against the Lions he had to star tonight, instead he was largely anonymous.
BPA didn't do his chances any favours, but you can't play yourself out of a squad you're not in. The strength of the scrum is probably his saving grace though, alongside his experience with the side. I can't see him knocking any of the current 3 out of the squad, but I do think he'll still be the emergency pick in the case of injury.
BPA didn't do his chances any favours, but you can't play yourself out of a squad you're not in. The strength of the scrum is probably his saving grace though, alongside his experience with the side. I can't see him knocking any of the current 3 out of the squad, but I do think he'll still be the emergency pick in the case of injury.
Strewthcobber
Michael Lynagh (62)
Cdc had 18 tackles and 10 carries for 20m.
Pretty good shift
Pretty good shift
drewprint
Bob Davidson (42)
Pietsch was best on ground.
molman
John Thornett (49)
I think I disagree. Not sure this was won on muscle per-say but rather counter-attack, pace, and wily rugby smarts like Finns tap try he setup.
Shame it blew out so much, the Force were looking ok in that first stanza, but the class was just a cut above in the opposition.