Lions 2017: New Zealand Maori V Lions Prediction

- June 16, 2017June 16, 2017

A disappointing loss to the Highlanders has threatened to derail the positive feeling earned by the Lions with that tight win over the Crusaders. However, the Highlanders game certainly featured more of a second-string Lions side and familiar issues were exposed – namely poor discipline and an inability to be

June Internationals 2017: England team to play Argentina 2nd Test

- June 16, 2017

Eddie Jones has made three changes to the team to play Argentina this weekend.England squad to play Argentina 15. Mike Brown, vc (Harlequins, 61 caps) 14. Marland Yarde (Harlequins, 12 caps) 13. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 6 caps) 12. Piers Francis (Northampton Saints, 1 cap) 11. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 26 caps) 10. George Ford,

June Internationals 2017: Round 2 Predictions

- June 15, 2017June 15, 2017

Last weekend's picks weren't bad, but the Springboks were better than expected in their first outing this year, and I should probably back them this week.Tonga v Wales It's a young Welsh side, and it will be interesting to see how Sam Davies goes at fly-half. Should be a straightforward

Lions Team to Play New Zealand Maori

- June 15, 2017

Here is the lineup to take on the NZ Maori this weekend in Rotorua.Owen Farrell was initially selected on the bench, but has "suffered a grade one quadriceps strain in training and has been ruled out of the British & Irish Lions match against Maori All Blacks on Saturday evening."Farrell

Lions 2017: A New XV To Start The First Test

- June 14, 2017June 14, 2017

We are now at the midway point of the Lions tour – four games down, two losses and two wins. Everyone has had a chance to stake their claim, and while the test team won’t be set in stone just yet, you can expect Gatland to begin to separate the

Lions Player Ratings Versus Highlanders

- June 14, 2017June 14, 2017

Highlanders 23 - 22 Lions It was very much a second string team who came to Dunedin to face the Highlanders in the perfect conditions enclosed by the vibrant Forsyth Barr stadium. It was a game for Gatland to experiment and to play the players he’s still not sure

Rate the Match: Highlanders v Lions

- June 13, 2017June 13, 2017

Tell us what you thought of the game between the Highlanders and the Lions in Dunedin today.Which players performed well? How is Test selection looking now?

Lions 2017: Highlanders v Lions prediction

- June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

I should have believed in the Lions; they certainly made a mockery of my ‘Crusaders by 10’ prediction. It was a classy and hard-earned victory, built on some brilliant and fierce defence – given the Crusaders have been running tries in for fun this season, to limit them to only

Argentina v England: England Player Ratings in 1st Test

- June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

A vastly inexperienced and experimental England side stole a win in the most thrilling of fashions against the Pumas on Saturday. Here’s how the England players rated.1 Ellis Genge – 8.5 One of the players to have made the most of his opportunity. With England’s two first-choice looseheads away with the

Lions Player Ratings Versus The Crusaders

- June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

Crusaders 3 - 12 LionsThe Lions arrived in Christchurch having lost to the ‘worst performing’ New Zealand franchise three days before. They bounced back in a big way with a great result against the unbeaten and ‘best performing’ New Zealand side in the Crusaders. It was a game dictated by