B&I Lions v Barbarians, Hong Kong, Sat 1st June, 9:30pm AEST

[Highlander35]

No 1. You must have your head on the outside. You're a loosehead!

 

[Bardon]

Maybe Aus should draft in Walsh to make sure Deans picks the props on the right side of the scrum.

 

[Bardon]

Philips did really well to finish that one, but he had to after ignoring an overlap for the 2nd time.

 

[ACR]

How did Jared Payne get a gig at 15 for the Barbarians? Nice to see spider legs Evans playing though.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Not a lot here to get the Wobs quaking in their boots.

 

[ChargerWA]

Martin in the Reds game and now Stu Knobhead commentating this one. The rugby gods are both kind and vengeful.

 

[Bardon]

Payne's been playing very well for Ulster.

 

[ACR]

Payne's been playing very well for Ulster.

Ah ok, just remember him being a very 'standard' player for the Blues. I don't really catch much Euro club rugby.

 

[Bardon]

Not a lot here to get the Wobs quaking in their boots.

I'm interested to see if Sexton gets on before Philips goes off to see if they have a better understanding than Philips has with Farrell so far.

 

[ACR]

Not a lot here to get the Wobs quaking in their boots.

30+ degree heat? This match is a bit of a non entity at the moment. Lions could just knock it on on purpose and get a free penalty off the ensuing scrum.

 

[qwerty51]

Only thing I see concerning is the scrum. Early days however.

 

[Bardon]

POC and Davies impressed me most in the first half. A lot of players seem to be suffering from nerves and coupled with the conditions has resulted in a lot of errors. Farrell's goal kicking has been a complete contrast to the rest of his game.

Hope the Baa Baa's make a game of it in the 2nd half.

 

[boyo]

It's interesting to hear the English commentators complaining about the conditions. Will Greenwood has already said that the grass is dry.

Better get used to it boys, this isn't Britain or Ireland.

 

[Kaz]

Disappointingly dull
Crowd very frustrated

 

[ACR]

Good open field stuff from the Lions, even better from the Ba Ba's past the goal line, lol.

 

[Highlander35]

Lions Set piece looks intimidating. Scrum fairly strong so far, and Gray has been used as a lifter, gets the flanker obscenely high.

Also, there are 5 more games, with more first team players. Hogg looks the best of the backs so far.

 

[Pfitzy]

Lions Set piece looks intimidating. Scrum fairly strong so far.

Baabaas loosehead missed the memo about not drinking. He's shit

Making Jones look better than he is. Though the hair bear ain't bad

 

[hazzaj]

wow how did they bomb that try?

 

[Kaz]

Joe has still got it.

 

[Bardon]

Great try by the Baa Baas there.