British and Irish Lions vs Melbourne Rebels, 25th June 2013, Sky Sports 10.40am

Falatau will be annoyed that he didn't get there though!

Swan Curry

Murray!

JRant

Murray getting there quickly and getting it away quickly, looks a much better player at this tempo.

Get in there, lovely finish by Murray.

MattD

Very glad for him. Definitely one of the success stories of the Lions so far, unbeknownst to Gatland it seems.

ThisRegard

Nice turn by Murray.

leakyboots

Great work from Murray there, try Lions

.ak

So, SOB and Murray having a good game so far?

Buer

Well done, CM. They nearly made an utter hash of it. Faletau seemed to leave the ball for Murray and then, as Murray began to go for it, nudged it on again and went himself. Bit of communication issue but very nicely recovered by Murray.

leakyboots

.ak wrote: »

So, SOB and Murray having a good game so far?

Yeah, Farrell and Tuilagi going okay too. Kearney looking for work.

Lineout a disaster so far, Gray not going great at all

ScissorPaperRock

Barnes doesn't seem to be a fan of Murray at all.

JRant

.ak wrote: »

So, SOB and Murray having a good game so far?

Murray has been very quick to the breakdown and looks sharp.

SOB is everywhere, turnovers, 2 lineout catches, carrying well in the loose. As you'd expect really.

Chabals Beard

Good stuff Murray

Swan Curry

Gray knocks on in the lineout.Christ almighty.

mohawk

Feck off Barnes:mad: I get it Farrell is amazing and Murray is sh1te.

lologram

leakyboots wrote: »

Yeah, Farrell and Tuilagi going okay too. Kearney looking for work.

Lineout a disaster so far, Gray not going great at all

Lineout is poor.

Tom Youngs >>>>>>> Richard Hibbard

irishbucsfan

Really great turnover from Faletau there

sydthebeat

Faleteau has two turn overs at this stage.. Playing well

Chavways

I think we kind of take POC's lineout work for granted.

JRant

TF is putting in a good display so far.

leakyboots

Great steal from Faletau, 5m lineout

Bogota

Zebo's hands are off today, third time hes scuppered taking a simple pass

Tox56

Gah so close

JRant

JRant wrote: »

TF is putting in a good display so far.

if he finishes as strongly as he's started he'll be putting Heaslip's position under serious pressure.

Buer

Irish lads linking well but just not clicking perfectly. Zebo busy again but being shackled well.

irishbucsfan

SOB and Zebo just can't connect. That's two passes in a row between them that have led to turnovers

Bogota

Gray has been awful so far. Ditto Hibbard.

Kiwi_knock

Poor from SOB

sydthebeat

SOB pinged... It's those silly penalties that cost him

irishbucsfan

Ah c'mon seanie

stackerman

open your ears lad !

Buer

Deleted User wrote: »

if he finishes as strongly as he's started he'll be putting Heaslip's position under serious pressure.

Can't see Heaslip being dropped regardless of how TF goes today, to be honest. JH was one of the stand outs the other day in a massive test match. TF has started brilliantly here but it's against a weakened Melbourne Rebels that have won 4 games from 15 this season.

Only hope for any changes for the weekend will be to people who went badly in the first test.

SOB conceded a soft penalty. That's going to be a big black mark against him considering the focus on the penalty count the other day.

Kiwi_knock

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

Poor from SOB

was he not the tackler there?

(recalling discussion on Genia standing up)

Very close imo

captbarnacles

Melbourne Rebels

Probably only reason O'Brien not starting the tests

Nermal

What was the problem with the SOB turnover? There was no ruck, how can he be on the wrong side?

Murray strong under the high ball there.

Manu just generally really very strong.

ThisRegard

ScissorPaperRoc wrote: »

Barnes doesn't seem to be a fan of Murray at all.

He did say he's another great scrum half the Lions have.

Kiwi_knock

Very good by Tuilagi and Maitland

sydthebeat

[Deleted User] wrote: »

was he not the tackler there?

(recalling discussion on Genia standing up)

Very close imo

Still had to come back in through the gate

irishbucsfan

Deleted User wrote: »

was he not the tackler there?

(recalling discussion on Genia standing up)

Very close imo

No he wasnt

Burgo

Deleted User wrote: »

Murray strong under the high ball there.

Not a mention of it in the commentary.

Toby slipping there big time.

MattD

Maitland has been going well so far here, easily the best out of the back 3... The bastard...

JRant

[Deleted User] wrote: »

if he finishes as strongly as he's started he'll be putting Heaslip's position under serious pressure.

Sure will, certainly putting his hand up so far.

irishbucsfan

sydthebeat wrote: »

Still had to come back in through the gate

If he was the tackler he wouldnt

garv123

nice unselfish work there

Spudmonkey

Great pass from Tuilagi and super pace from Maitland.

Buer

Great try. Maitland did well twice, putting himself in good place for the 23 jersey again.

Hopefully, Tuilagi will get a run at 12 for a spell. Barritt going very well too though.

leakyboots

Good try, Maitland is playing well it has to be said, outshining Zebo so far

CoDy1

great team try, nice hands from SOB and Zebo

blackdog2

Nermal wrote: »

What was the problem with the SOB turnover? There was no ruck, how can he be on the wrong side?

Absolutely, nobody formed a ruck, player placed ball to him