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Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
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- Sydney Morning Herald
British and Irish Lions LIVE: Lions face off against Argentina in Dublin
Latest posts Latest posts 5.03am Y Los Pumas? Coach Felipe Contempomi is back on familiar turf in Dublin, where he starred for Leinster and also graduated with a medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons. He is forced to stitch together a competitive side against the best of Britain and Ireland. Contempomi has not had a lot of time with his squad, but it is nothing to what the former playmaker dealt with two decades ago in Cardiff, when he had to play with amateur players hastily drafted in from Argentina. The Pumas are without some of their French stars including Toulouse's Juan Cruz Mallia and Bordeaux second-rower Guido Petti, however they have hooker Julian Montoya captaining the side, fresh from a season under Michael Cheika at Leicestetr. There is also the experienced Santiago Carreras at full back to help his side spring an upset. 5.03am How the Lions are lining up So what can we deduce from this lineup if anything? The centre pairing that Joe Schmidt reminded us on Thursday was from the southern hemisphere will be a combination that could easily figure in the Tests, if Scotland's Huw Jones isn't completely match fit. At loosehead prop keep an eye on Ellis Genge and how he copes in the scrum, he and Andrew Porter of Ireland will put tremendous pressure on the likely Wallaby tighthead combination of Allan Alaalatoa and Taniela Tupou. Captain Maro Itoje will get an early opportunity to lay down a strong performance against an ultra physical Argentina pack. 5.03am Good very early morning. A very warm welcome and good morning to all of you who are brave enough to get up at this time on a Saturday morning. It's Jonathan Drennan, revved up on espresso and I will piloting you through this morning's action with the British and Irish Lions hoping their farewell party in Dublin against Argentina goes to plan. Twenty years ago on the disastrous Lions tour to New Zealand that ended in a 3-0 whitewash under Clive Woodward, the team's farewell fixture against the Pumas almost ended in an embarrassing 25-25 draw in Cardiff. This is an absolute banana skin of a fixture for the Lions, untested combinations and the risk of injury are all there against an Argentina team desperate to spoil the party ahead of Australia. On the flip side, it provides the Lions with a valuable confidence booster ahead of their first fixture against the Western Force next Saturday evening in Perth.
The Age
a day ago
- Sport
- The Age
British and Irish Lions LIVE: Lions face off against Argentina in Dublin
Latest posts Latest posts 5.03am Y Los Pumas? Coach Felipe Contempomi is back on familiar turf in Dublin, where he starred for Leinster and also graduated with a medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons. He is forced to stitch together a competitive side against the best of Britain and Ireland. Contempomi has not had a lot of time with his squad, but it is nothing to what the former playmaker dealt with two decades ago in Cardiff, when he had to play with amateur players hastily drafted in from Argentina. The Pumas are without some of their French stars including Toulouse's Juan Cruz Mallia and Bordeaux second-rower Guido Petti, however they have hooker Julian Montoya captaining the side, fresh from a season under Michael Cheika at Leicestetr. There is also the experienced Santiago Carreras at full back to help his side spring an upset. 5.03am How the Lions are lining up So what can we deduce from this lineup if anything? The centre pairing that Joe Schmidt reminded us on Thursday was from the southern hemisphere will be a combination that could easily figure in the Tests, if Scotland's Huw Jones isn't completely match fit. At loosehead prop keep an eye on Ellis Genge and how he copes in the scrum, he and Andrew Porter of Ireland will put tremendous pressure on the likely Wallaby tighthead combination of Allan Alaalatoa and Taniela Tupou. Captain Maro Itoje will get an early opportunity to lay down a strong performance against an ultra physical Argentina pack. 5.03am Good very early morning. A very warm welcome and good morning to all of you who are brave enough to get up at this time on a Saturday morning. It's Jonathan Drennan, revved up on espresso and I will piloting you through this morning's action with the British and Irish Lions hoping their farewell party in Dublin against Argentina goes to plan. Twenty years ago on the disastrous Lions tour to New Zealand that ended in a 3-0 whitewash under Clive Woodward, the team's farewell fixture against the Pumas almost ended in an embarrassing 25-25 draw in Cardiff. This is an absolute banana skin of a fixture for the Lions, untested combinations and the risk of injury are all there against an Argentina team desperate to spoil the party ahead of Australia. On the flip side, it provides the Lions with a valuable confidence booster ahead of their first fixture against the Western Force next Saturday evening in Perth.
