The British and Irish Lions starts this week. It is am amazing time for rugby lovers. The Lions are the best players drawn from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. They will player games over 5-6 weeks:
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Saturday 1st June 2013Sat 1 Jun12:30British & Irish LionsLions59 - 8BarbariansBarbariansHong Kong StadiumReport |
Wednesday 5th June 2013Wed 5 Jun11:00Western ForceForce v British & Irish LionsLionsPatersons StadiumPreview
Saturday 8th June 2013Sat 8 Jun10:30Queensland RedsReds v British & Irish LionsLionsSuncorp StadiumMore
Tuesday 11th June 2013Tue 11 Jun10:30Combined NSW-QLD CountryCountry v British & Irish LionsLionsHunter StadiumMore
Saturday 15th June 2013Sat 15 Jun10:30NSW WaratahsWaratahs v British & Irish LionsLionsAllianz StadiumMore
Tuesday 18th June 2013Tue 18 Jun10:30BrumbiesBrumbies v British & Irish LionsLionsCanberra StadiumMore
Saturday 22nd June 2013Sat 22 Jun11:00Qantas WallabiesWallabies v British & Irish LionsLionsSuncorp StadiumMore
Tuesday 25th June 2013Tue 25 Jun10:30Melbourne RebelsRebels v British & Irish LionsLionsAAMI StadiumMore
Saturday 29th June 2013Sat 29 Jun11:00Qantas WallabiesWallabies v British & Irish LionsLionsEtihad StadiumMore
Saturday 6th July 2013Sat 6 Jul11:00Qantas WallabiesWallabies v British & Irish LionsLionsANZ StadiumMore
I can't think of another sport that combines some of the best players across nations into a team. All the games are being carried by Sportsnet World in HD.
Great time to watch the sport if you don't know much about it.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
An interesting aspect of the whole combination thing is that even with it being the Northern Hemisphere (except France) All-Star team they still typically lose when they play the Wallabies, All Blacks or Springboks, the Southern Hemisphere is just that much stronger. I can't think of another sport where a comparable imbalance exists, perhaps hockey 20-30 years ago where Canada and Russia were dominant.
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An interesting aspect of the whole combination thing is that even with it being the Northern Hemisphere (except France) All-Star team they still typically lose when they play the Wallabies, All Blacks or Springboks, the Southern Hemisphere is just that much stronger. I can't think of another sport where a comparable imbalance exists, perhaps hockey 20-30 years ago where Canada and Russia were dominant.
Yeah it kind of supports the concept of "character fringe players" and their importance to their teams.
It has produced some amazing rugby over the years.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
I went to the game last night. Despite the score it was entertaining. In fact, I went to my first Rugby Union match between the Western Force and Brisbane Reds a couple of weeks ago and it was a real snoozer (11-11 draw). This one was much, much better. I didn't really realize the significance of the event until I got there. It's funny because a lot of people were saying that the result was pretty good for the Force. But even a rugby neophyte such as me could see the vast difference in the quality of these squads.
The crowd was really into the game even though the Force never were. Also, they played at Patterson Stadium which is the home stadium for the WC Eagles (AFL) and a much larger than the stadium than the Force normally play at. So, it made for a good atmosphere. Lots of Lions red colours in the crowd.
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I went to the game last night. Despite the score it was entertaining. In fact, I went to my first Rugby Union match between the Western Force and Brisbane Reds a couple of weeks ago and it was a real snoozer (11-11 draw). This one was much, much better. I didn't really realize the significance of the event until I got there. It's funny because a lot of people were saying that the result was pretty good for the Force. But even a rugby neophyte such as me could see the vast difference in the quality of these squads.
The crowd was really into the game even though the Force never were. Also, they played at Patterson Stadium which is the home stadium for the WC Eagles (AFL) and a much larger than the stadium than the Force normally play at. So, it made for a good atmosphere. Lots of Lions red colours in the crowd.
I am jealous.
I actually think the reds game will be much better, hopefully they will name a strong team, have the option of picking 8-9 wallabies I think in their squad.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Pub is full this morning with lots of kids of all ages running around. People are really into it, like a flames playoff game in a bar in Calgary. Pre-noon pints and lions, great start to the day and a pretty good game so far (from what I have seen).
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Pub is full this morning with lots of kids of all ages running around. People are really into it, like a flames playoff game in a bar in Calgary. Pre-noon pints and lions, great start to the day and a pretty good game so far (from what I have seen).
No you are right it was a good game. There was some quality rugby played. I am reall looking foward to the Test(s).
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
B & I Lions Tour of Australia
