I feel like every game the Lions play they get 10% better. Against Argentina, it was 40%, the Western Force it was 50%. Today, or last night if you’re Australian, they reached 60%. Another clunky, but arguably shorter, start for the Lions made way for a great performance for many players. Some players I believe have already announced themselves as test starters. Who you might ask? Well you’ll just have to watch the video. Teams in this one:
Reds: 15 Jock Campbell (captain), 14 Lachie Anderson, 13 Josh Flook, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Tim Ryan, 10 Harry McLaughlin-Phillips, 9 Kalani Thomas, 8 Joe Brial, 7 John Bryant, 6 Seru Uru, 5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 4 Josh Canham, 3 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 Aidan Ross.
Replacements: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 George Blake, 18 Sef Fa’agase, 19 Ryan Smith, 20 Angus Blyth, 21 Connor Vest, 22 Louis Werchon, 23 Isaac Henry.
British and Irish Lions: 15 Elliot Daly 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Tom Curry, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Maro Itoje (captain), 3 Will Stuart, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter.
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 James Ryan, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Fin Smith, 23 Garry Ringrose.
Date: Wednesday, July 2
Venue: Lang Park, Brisbane
Kick-off: 20.00 (11.00 UK & Ireland time; 10.00 GMT)
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
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Hi from Brisbane 👋 cheers for discussing some Reds players – plenty of Lions supporters seem oblivious to such details. Btw it's pronounced PIE-sarmi 😉 and personally I think Ikitau should start at 13 (or possibly 12) ….. And I'm undecided as to who should start at 10 for the Wallabies.
Dude love you analysis but can you find somewhere else to podcast from than your closet? Production values brother. It takes away from your erudition as an all seeing “illuminati” of the game 💪