British and Irish Lions vs Western Force, Wed 5 June 11am; Sky Sports 1

KERSPLAT!

Well worked try, BOD unlucky but did well coming back inside

3-27 Lions half time

Another great conversion!

rockbeast

Swan Curry wrote: »

Sheehan accused Healy of biting him.

Frankie?:D

P.Walnuts

SOB has been very impressive, Bowe, Heaslip and Sexton good.

Murray and Best not great

Swan Curry

leakyboots wrote: »

BOD should have finished that first time around, didn't back himself for the corner. Awful match, hope Healy's alright but looked bad

He never would have made it,three players closing him down.

Tox56

SOB and Tipuric have made big statements at 7, the Warburton captaincy issue rearing it's head again

Cork24

he Bite the Scum Half !!

he looked full of Protein

trouttrout

Heaslip and SOB by far the best players on the field

Bowe, North going well too

Locks have been really quiet

Manu T has impressed me too, seems much more team orientated than he does for England/Leicster

thomond2006

I feel sorry for Healy but biting is unacceptable.

trouttrout

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Time for Corbiseiro. He could end up in the test team. Healy would have been weak enough in scrum. Sad for him though.

No, he would not have been. Healy is a very good scrummager

jordainius

leakyboots wrote: »

BOD should have finished that first time around, didn't back himself for the corner. Awful match, hope Healy's alright but looked bad

He took the more sensible option in my opinion, there was a lot of bodies between him and the corner

rockbeast

trouttrout wrote: »

Heaslip and SOB by far the best players on the field

Bowe, North going well too

Locks have been really quiet

Manu T has impressed me too, seems much more team orientated than he does for England/Leicster

only reason i'm not cursing best's lineouts totally. don't think blame is fully with him...

Webbs

trouttrout wrote: »

No, he would not have been. Healy is a very good scrummager

Healy is an OK scrummager has poor body position but his strength hides his technical deficiencies. However, hi s play in the loose is up there with the best so will be a big loss to that aspect of play

Cork24

vkid wrote: »

If he did I'd agree with you. No place for it.

If not, tough on him to be injured so soon,

ESPN Aussie interview the Scum Half for WF, he Said he did get bitten

Ruck Inspector

Brett Sheahan at h-t: "I'm not sure if it was an accident or on purpose" re biting allegation against Lions in first quarter

Chilli Con Kearney

O'brown has always been able to offload.that's slightly unfair on him!

Hope Healy hasn't torn ligaments.

Tigerandahalf

Rory Best is showing that his non selection in the initial squad was justified. His throwing is just way too inconsistent. He seems to completely overthrow the ball when his target isn't even been targeted in the lineout. Down to Hibbard and Youngs now. Wallabies will target it in a big way.

razorblunt

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Time for Corbiseiro. He could end up in the test team. Healy would have been weak enough in scrum. Sad for him though.

Would think Ryan Grant is ahead of him first, no?

RuggieBear

bogato and squire jack banned

zero tolerance

no more player abuse

Ruck Inspector

Andrew Sheridan for me, then Grant.

trouttrout

Sheridan for me too

Swiwi

trouttrout wrote: »

Heaslip and SOB by far the best players on the field

Bowe, North going well too

Locks have been really quiet

Manu T has impressed me too, seems much more team orientated than he does for England/Leicster

Not for me. He's look short of space at 12, and seems to crab sideways. Needs to run a straighter line.

Heaslip has really upped his game since the 6N, looks tailor-made for the grounds in Aussie, I reckon he might well displace Faletau.

larchielads

someone please tell the commentators that thers's no N in TUILAGI theyre pronouncing it tuilaNgi. i wouldnt mind if they couldnt pronounce the scottish irish or welsh name right but he plays for england youd think they could say it by now. yeah i know he was born in new zealand so hes not technically english:rolleyes:

trouttrout

Warburton must be ****ting bricks, which in a way isn't even fair on him. Just hope his selection as captain doesn't define the tour

Tox56

Webbs wrote: »

Healy is an OK scrummager has poor body position but his strength hides his technical deficiencies. However, hi s play in the loose is up there with the best so will be a big loss to that aspect of play

He put a lot of pressure on the Aussie scrum in the World Cup, even if he didn't dominate them he wouldn't have been a weakness

Swiwi

larchielads wrote: »

someone please tell the commentators that thers's no N in TUILAGI theyre pronouncing it tuilaNgi. i wouldnt mind if they couldnt pronounce the scottish irish or welsh name right but he plays for england youd think they could say it by now. yeah i know he was born in new zealand so hes not technically english:rolleyes:

Actually I think tualangi is the correct pronunciation...

RuggieBear

RuggieBear wrote: »

bogato and squire jack banned

zero tolerance

no more player abuse

Is that Irish player abuse or any player abuse?

Half the forum should be banned if it's the latter.

stackerman

Swiwi wrote: »

Not for me. He's look short of space at 12, and seems to crab sideways. Needs to run a straighter line.

Heaslip has really upped his game since the 6N, looks tailor-made for the grounds in Aussie, I reckon he might well displace Faletau.

Agree

irishbucsfan

If Corbisiero is back to full fitness, and it seems he might be, then I'd have him for sure. If he isn't then Grant or Sheridan I guess are good alternatives.

thomond2006

So now Sheehan isn't sure if the bite was intentional...

P.Walnuts

The biting thing looks like rubbish to me, Sheehan put his forearm into Healy's face, even if Healy has a little nibble no way it can be proved deliberate

If Healy has bitten someone he's gonna need to take a ban as well as his injury (and probably after it tbh). I hope that it isn't swept under any rugs either.

Lot of people not happy with how his stamping was handled, if the alleged offence took place he'll be out of the game for 8/12 weeks I imagine (regardless of any injury).

trouttrout

Vunipola with a nice cameo there, he's really growing on me

JRant

I'd like to see B Youngs at half-time to see what he can do alongside Sexton.

Think the second-row could up their game a bit, far to pedestrian at times.

Best will get the blame for the poor line-outs but the first one was a poor lift imo. The jumper never really got up for it. Second was a clear over-throw. Feel for him as he's a top player but his darts are really not what they should be.

trouttrout

trouttrout wrote: »

Warburton must be ****ting bricks, which in a way isn't even fair on him. Just hope his selection as captain doesn't define the tour

I don't think Gatland would think twice about leaving him out. Wasn't the line that nobody is guaranteed to start including the captain?

Personally I think it's a non-issue.

irishbucsfan

Swiwi wrote: »

Actually I think tualangi is the correct pronunciation...

It definitely is

Ruck Inspector

Sheridan voted best LH in the Top 14. Obvious choice.

Evans has been very poor

errlloyd

I love the way BOD always seems to get the most out of the players around him. The better the players around him the better he gets.

Superbus

@pocockdavid: @ProperChurch hey mate. Just watching the Force game. Hope your injury isn't too bad! be such a shame for you to miss rest of tour.

Good form from Pocock.

fitz

Superbus wrote: »

@pocockdavid: @ProperChurch hey mate. Just watching the Force game. Hope your injury isn't too bad! be such a shame for you to miss rest of tour.

Good form from Pocock.

That guy is a class act.

rockbeast

Tox56 wrote: »

He put a lot of pressure on the Aussie scrum in the World Cup, even if he didn't dominate them he wouldn't have been a weakness

Yeah, he's not a destructive loosehead in scrum but he won't go backwards which is all that's needed with expansive 15 man gameplan.

However, in open play he is very constructive.

trouttrout

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't think Gatland would think twice about leaving him out. Wasn't the line that nobody is guaranteed to start including the captain?

Personally I think it's a non-issue.

If the Lions captain is dropped it certainly won't be a non issue, in fact I'd suspect it would define the tour

P.Walnuts

Superbus wrote: »

@pocockdavid: @ProperChurch hey mate. Just watching the Force game. Hope your injury isn't too bad! be such a shame for you to miss rest of tour.

Good form from Pocock.

Pocock has always struck me as probably the nicest guy is rugby

Swiwi

trouttrout wrote: »

Vunipola with a nice cameo there, he's really growing on me

He reminds me of John Afoa. If he can scrum, I'd have him ahead of Jenkins.

trouttrout

Swiwi wrote: »

He reminds me of John Afoa. If he can scrum, I'd have him ahead of Jenkins.

Seems to be well able to do that so far anyway, great hands too

rockbeast

Superbus wrote: »

@pocockdavid: @ProperChurch hey mate. Just watching the Force game. Hope your injury isn't too bad! be such a shame for you to miss rest of tour.

Good form from Pocock.

class.

shame we won't see him in series either

Ruck Inspector

western force number 5 looks a lot like Donnacha Ryan

preddy

Best throwing is the reason he didnt make the squad.

Sheridan has to come in if Healy does have to go (hope not)

SOB have a chance at 6 now? Presuming capt gets fit.

its_phil

Superbus wrote: »

@pocockdavid: @ProperChurch hey mate. Just watching the Force game. Hope your injury isn't too bad! be such a shame for you to miss rest of tour.

Good form from Pocock.

Aussies can be very bad sportsmen at times. But anytime I've read anything about Pocock, it just proves you can't paint everyone with the same brush.

Class act and the ability to match it.

irishbucsfan

Thank jaysus

trouttrout

Yes, good news!!!