One down.....

 



 

Above: Maldwyn Pugh, Head of Lions hair and make up described having to keep perms going in 95% 

Humitidy as a challenge for his skills and his GHD straighteners

So we have arrived and the Lions have started and finished their first game of their tour down under. A victorious win and no real problems.

Twitter was awash with people slagging off Farrell and most of that came from people this side of the border. I agree that Farrell didn’t have the best of games and some of the errors would have seen him on any other rugby tour drinking a pint of top shelf/piss on top of a chair while the rest of the team sang ‘how was he born so beautiful’.

The amount of shit he had was undeserved and what we must remember is that everybody can have a bad day. The last thing he or the Lions need are so called supporters moaning like fuck just because of a bad day at the office. He doesn’t help himself though – I thought he reacted pretty fairly to what was a huge elbow in the head from Brits, it was just the clapping and laughing as his Saracens team mate received the yellow that really gripped my shit.

Elsewhere even knobhead Stuart Barnes seemed enthusiastic about the performances of the Welsh players. While there are calls from the one eyed out there that amiable plodder Robshaw should be in the team, I think someone who is unluckier in the world of rugby is Tipuric as no matter how well he plays…and he played superbly yesterday, he is under study to Warburton. Phillips was man of the match and deservedly so – he was a terrier and when he is like that he can be a huge menace. Ritchie Gray, Hogg and Davies put in good shifts too. I can’t mention everybody but pretty much everybody but Farrell had good games, especially so when considering 95% humidity and Farrell was hardly akin to an Arthur Emyr drop goal attempt.

So on to Australia, land of ……well, mullets and vests and adding an ‘o’ to the end of everybodies name….oo and Dame Edna Everage....

Questions –

 

Why were there empty seats in the stadium - I heard the cheapest were something like £70 - way to go attracting new supporters - its not as if Hong Kong is part of one of the most populous countries in the world with one of the fastest and biggest growing economies - don't tell me Roger Lewis is giving them advice as well....

How injured is Warburton?

Will Farrell get his head into gear?

Will Jonathan Davies playing himself into the test side?

Who will be the first Lion to get yellow – Phillips? Farrell?

Anybody out there think they have the name of the dirt tracker captain?