S.A v Lions

[fuzzer70]

Even with the changes,i strongly fancy S.A. to win with a minus 8.5 handicap,
awful,truely awful

[jaydubs]

Got to agree with you Fuzzer,
the Lions were destroyed in the front row in the first test with Vickery in and with both Jenkins and Jones injured and not playing Vickery looks in for a tough ride again and if it is just that i expect he will retire from International rugby on his return. The centre pairing of Roberts and O Driscoll was also the real atttacking threat of the Lions and with both of them also out the new pairing of Bowe and Flutely looks somewhat lightweight in the tackle and doesn't have a lot of go forward in it. SA in Jonge Nokwe on the wing have someone who is faster than both JP Peterson and Habana so the lions have to be beware of any wayward kicks that can be counter attacked.

I fancy SA by about 15-20
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[swashbuckler]

I agree also
I think the Lions can't wait to get on the plane for home and besides been on a downer after losing the series that, with a bit more luck they could have won, there must be some tired battered bodies out there whereas the Springboks have made 10 changes to their team but a lot of these players that are coming into their side today will believe they should be in the springboks 1st Team by right and will want to put on a performance to force their way into De Villiers plans for the upcoming Tri-Nations. Z.Kirchner, M.Steyn, O.Ndungane and R.Kankowski are just 4 players who start today that believe ,Like a lot of the South African public, that they should be regulars on the SpringBoks Team and M.Steyn showed last week when he came on what a great pressure kicker he is and he has been doing that for the Blue Bulls all year and as Jaydubs has already said ' O.Ndungane is a real speedster on the wings so he will be a danger to a lions team who have made 8 changes from last weeks unlucky defeat but who have also made a lot of positional changes that I think won't help the Lions team today even though I do think P.Vickery will have a decent game against the Beast in the front row. I think the ref will signal his intent from the 1st scrum onwards and The Beast will not get away with pushing inwards like he did in the 1st test.Another factor I think will push the Springboks on to victory today is'' after 2 fantastic matches so far the Springboks believe they have not got the credit they deserved for winning those games and especially last weeks game because all the talk after the game was about S.Burger's disgraceful eye gouge on L.Fitzgerald which was then followed by the equally disgraceful comments from P.De Villiers the Springbok coach that seemed to condone S.Burgers actions I think the Springboks are miffed about the British & Irish media talking and printing more about those incidents than they did about the actual game and this week they will want all the talk to be about fantastic play rather than Off the Ball actions so all in all I think the Springboks will win by 10+ points.