LIONS’ TOUR

Ho hum, the Lions suffered another defeat yesterday: they lost 21-3 to the All Blacks. Despite this being a team of Sir Clive’s best players from our IV Nations, they don’t seem to have knitted together as they ought and if the Tour is not to be a complete whitewash, they need to pull their socks up. As ever, winning the ball at lineouts seems to be a major problem. Added to this, unfortunately, there have been quite a lot of injuries (the latest casualties being Brian O’Driscoll, Richard Hill and Tom Shanklin). I think it’s been too long a season, our players need a rest before the autumn. In fact, all the northern hemisphere sides lost their games – France to the Springboks and Italy to Australia. Josh's face says it all. But bravo All Blacks!