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Rugbys a game for toffs and homosexuals. Real men do synchronised swimming.
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As a neighborhood 'real man', I wholeheartedly agree...
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Absolutley.
No cauliflower ears are fooling me.
Rugby Union is a game invented by bum boys for bum boys, who like to pretend they are real men by rolling around in the mud for 80 minutes just so that they can all get in the bath together afterwards.
They're fooling nobody.
No cauliflower ears are fooling me.
Rugby Union is a game invented by bum boys for bum boys, who like to pretend they are real men by rolling around in the mud for 80 minutes just so that they can all get in the bath together afterwards.
They're fooling nobody.
Munster and Ireland second row Paul O'Connell will lead the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa.
He is the 10th Irishman to skipper the Lions and the 27th captain of the tourists.
Ian McGeechan has selected 37 players – 17 backs and 20 forwards.
The country by country breakdown is – England 8, Scotland 2, Ireland 14, Wales 13.
O’Connell is one of a record 14 Irishmen selected for the tour. Ireland’s previous highest was 11 in 2005.
He is also one of a record equalling 8 players from Munster. That total equals the 8 Leicester Tigers players who toured New Zealand four years ago.
Three national captains from the 2009 RBS 6 Nations have failed to make the party – Steve Borthwick (England), Mike Blair (Scotland) and Ryan Jones (Wales).
The last two winning Lions skippers have both been second rows – Martin Johnson in South Africa in 1997 and Willie-John McBride in South Africa in 1974.
There are 13 players in the party who have played for the Lions before, of which four will be making their third tours – Brian O’Driscoll (2001,2005,2009), Ronan O’Gara.(2001,2005,2009), Simon Shaw (1997,2005,2009) and Martyn Williams (2001,2005,2009).
Simon Shaw is the only survivor from the 1997 Test series winning tour to South Africa. He will be the oldest member of the party at 35 (01/09/73).
Other players who are making a second tour are – Shane Williams, Tom Shanklin, Stephen Jones, David Wallace, Paul O’Connell, Donncha O’Callaghan, Gethin Jenkins, Phil Vickery, Andrew Sheridan.
Cardiff Blues and Wales wing Leigh Halfpenny will be the youngest member of the tour party at 20 (22/12/88).
Leinster and Ireland wing Luke Fitzgerald follows his father, Des, into the Lions colours. Irish prop Des played for the British Lions against the Rest of the World in the 1986 IRB Centenary game in Cardiff.
David Wallace will be hoping to follow in his brother Paul’s footsteps by winning a Test series in South Africa. It will be David’s second tour, taking the family tour total to four (Richard 1983, Paul 1997 and David 2001 and 2009).
The full squad is as follows:
Fullback
Lee Byrne (Wales)
Rob Kearney (Ireland)
Wing
Shane Williams (Wales)
Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)
Ugo Moyne (England)
Luke Fitzgerald (Ireland)
Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
Centre
Tom Shanklin (Wales)
Jamie Roberts (Wales)
Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland)
Keith Earls (Ireland)
Riki Flutey (England)
Fly Half
Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
Stephen Jones (Wales)
Scrum Half
Mike Phillips (Wales)
Harry Ellis (England)
Tomas O’Leary (Ireland)
No 8
Jamie Heaslip (Ireland)
Andy Powell (Wales)
Flanker
David Wallace (Ireland)
Stephen Ferris (Ireland)
Alan Quainlan (Ireland)
Joe Worsley (England)
Martyn Williams (Wales)
Lock
Alun-Wyn Jones (Wales)
Paul O’Connell (Ireland) Captain
Donncha O’Callaghan (Ireland)
Simon Shaw (England)
Nathan Hines (Scotland)
Prop
Gethin Jenkins (Wales)
Adam Jones (Wales)
Andrew Sheridan (England)
Phil Vickery (England)
Euan Murray (Scotland)
Hooker
Jerry Flannery (Ireland)
Lee Mears (England)
Matthew Rees (Wales)
He is the 10th Irishman to skipper the Lions and the 27th captain of the tourists.
Ian McGeechan has selected 37 players – 17 backs and 20 forwards.
The country by country breakdown is – England 8, Scotland 2, Ireland 14, Wales 13.
O’Connell is one of a record 14 Irishmen selected for the tour. Ireland’s previous highest was 11 in 2005.
He is also one of a record equalling 8 players from Munster. That total equals the 8 Leicester Tigers players who toured New Zealand four years ago.
Three national captains from the 2009 RBS 6 Nations have failed to make the party – Steve Borthwick (England), Mike Blair (Scotland) and Ryan Jones (Wales).
The last two winning Lions skippers have both been second rows – Martin Johnson in South Africa in 1997 and Willie-John McBride in South Africa in 1974.
There are 13 players in the party who have played for the Lions before, of which four will be making their third tours – Brian O’Driscoll (2001,2005,2009), Ronan O’Gara.(2001,2005,2009), Simon Shaw (1997,2005,2009) and Martyn Williams (2001,2005,2009).
Simon Shaw is the only survivor from the 1997 Test series winning tour to South Africa. He will be the oldest member of the party at 35 (01/09/73).
Other players who are making a second tour are – Shane Williams, Tom Shanklin, Stephen Jones, David Wallace, Paul O’Connell, Donncha O’Callaghan, Gethin Jenkins, Phil Vickery, Andrew Sheridan.
Cardiff Blues and Wales wing Leigh Halfpenny will be the youngest member of the tour party at 20 (22/12/88).
Leinster and Ireland wing Luke Fitzgerald follows his father, Des, into the Lions colours. Irish prop Des played for the British Lions against the Rest of the World in the 1986 IRB Centenary game in Cardiff.
David Wallace will be hoping to follow in his brother Paul’s footsteps by winning a Test series in South Africa. It will be David’s second tour, taking the family tour total to four (Richard 1983, Paul 1997 and David 2001 and 2009).
The full squad is as follows:
Fullback
Lee Byrne (Wales)
Rob Kearney (Ireland)
Wing
Shane Williams (Wales)
Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)
Ugo Moyne (England)
Luke Fitzgerald (Ireland)
Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
Centre
Tom Shanklin (Wales)
Jamie Roberts (Wales)
Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland)
Keith Earls (Ireland)
Riki Flutey (England)
Fly Half
Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
Stephen Jones (Wales)
Scrum Half
Mike Phillips (Wales)
Harry Ellis (England)
Tomas O’Leary (Ireland)
No 8
Jamie Heaslip (Ireland)
Andy Powell (Wales)
Flanker
David Wallace (Ireland)
Stephen Ferris (Ireland)
Alan Quainlan (Ireland)
Joe Worsley (England)
Martyn Williams (Wales)
Lock
Alun-Wyn Jones (Wales)
Paul O’Connell (Ireland) Captain
Donncha O’Callaghan (Ireland)
Simon Shaw (England)
Nathan Hines (Scotland)
Prop
Gethin Jenkins (Wales)
Adam Jones (Wales)
Andrew Sheridan (England)
Phil Vickery (England)
Euan Murray (Scotland)
Hooker
Jerry Flannery (Ireland)
Lee Mears (England)
Matthew Rees (Wales)
Ugo Moyne (England)
Andy Powell (Wales)
Andrew Sheridan (England)
?????
These just seem totally bizzare selections to me. Moyne over Armitage?
Andy Powel has a one dimensional game and will be outclassed by the SB back row.
Sheridan is a pansy - get Julian White in there!
Andy Powell (Wales)
Andrew Sheridan (England)
?????
These just seem totally bizzare selections to me. Moyne over Armitage?
Andy Powel has a one dimensional game and will be outclassed by the SB back row.
Sheridan is a pansy - get Julian White in there!
