tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post7490939752432142148..comments2023-07-09T21:38:41.963+01:00Comments on TOTAL FLANKER...a rugby blog: AftermathTotalFlankerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624839368553218464noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-60333523564578839202013-03-22T02:54:03.315+00:002013-03-22T02:54:03.315+00:00TF
Shame on you. Despite its violent collisions ...TF<br /><br />Shame on you. Despite its violent collisions and gladiatorial spirit, rugby is nothing if not a romantics sport. <br /><br />"Kick the shite out of each other but afterwards buy each other a beer"<br /><br />"Leave your heart on the field for your club or country but then be prepared to tog out as a teammate with your enemy next week"<br /><br />These are the immutable, underlying and important facets of our game. The Lions is perhaps the epitome of them, anyone who watched the 2nd test of the last tour couldn't doubt the personal commitment of each player to their team mates, regardless of nationality. It raised the game of rugby to another level, the richness of which was burnished by the mixed band of brothers who sallied forth in the red shirt.<br /><br />To tarnish this with short term bitterness because of a temporary setback to England's national cause is tantamount to jingoism and does not do you honour sir. <br /><br />Right, I've got a sore arse sitting on this high horse so i'll hop off now.<br />GazPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735672899467875167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-41671343581798478732013-03-21T18:38:39.157+00:002013-03-21T18:38:39.157+00:00Damn predictive text? Or is it sentient?Damn predictive text? Or is it sentient?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437000018238383660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-12038993820714981162013-03-21T15:11:25.605+00:002013-03-21T15:11:25.605+00:00The Argument tour?
Now that I'd pay to see :)...The Argument tour?<br /><br />Now that I'd pay to see :)Total Flankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368624271678527333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-27548082238705023692013-03-20T19:20:37.764+00:002013-03-20T19:20:37.764+00:00I think the Lions is an irrelavence these days. I&...I think the Lions is an irrelavence these days. I've been watching rugby since 1991 and the Lions has never interested me. Maybe because I don't have sky so there was never the exposure that Eng had. <br /><br />A balanced back row and a threatening back line is all I ask for the Argument tour. <br /><br />As an aside why don't Eng take the sleeves off their props shirts? Aussie rules style. Would certainly make it harder for Adam Jones to bind on the arm as he always seems to do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437000018238383660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-76535937592352468212013-03-20T10:20:04.565+00:002013-03-20T10:20:04.565+00:00I admit the grapes do still taste a tad sour, but ...I admit the grapes do still taste a tad sour, but it's about what's more important to me.<br /><br />Do I want the Lions to do well down under? Yes, but not as much as I's like to see a successful England team. <br /><br />I've been a fan of Lions tours in the past but to be honest the current format is a bit 'meh'.Total Flankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368624271678527333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101694739527706614.post-80370613745622433482013-03-19T11:29:58.454+00:002013-03-19T11:29:58.454+00:00Me thinks it is sour grapes Mr Flanker.
"mone...Me thinks it is sour grapes Mr Flanker.<br />"money-spinning exercise"? C'mon! What rugby isn't these days? <br />But the Lions are the games oldest traditional tour, one of the last amateur throw-backs that we need to preserve, even if it is sullied by a sullied coach and a ridiculous sized management and playing squad. (Will any rugby players be left in the UK when the team departs?)<br />Hopefully Mr Flanker gives the Lions credit where credit is due - the S Hemisphere after all respect the tour enormously, even in an age of oft ugly professionalism.<br />Matt Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03835415149231961937noreply@blogger.com