British and Irish Lions V Mostly Blacks

[DAC]

I'm a fervant Lions supporter and I'm really looking forward to the tour and the tests, that said I can't believe that NZ are 1-2 to win the series, IMHO that is a massive price and I've been lumping on as much as I can afford (which isn't much!) Traditionally (apart from 1974) the Lions have been built around a successful English backbone with Celtic players adding a bit of brawn or a side step or two to the side. This year sees us with a shortage of top class forwards, good but old and getting a bit doddery centres and a brilliant, fantastic back line BUT.............they are just two small to take on the Mostly Blacks ie, defend against them. Like to know what everyone else thinks. And at the end of the day if my few hundred quid gets me a nice return then that'll be great if my bet loses and we beat the Mostly Blacks then I'll be over the moon.

[evtherev]

Re: British and Irish Lions V Mostly Blacks i seriously cant see any english players actually getting in.....perhaps balshaw...and robinson obviously, but where does robinson play, cos balshaw, murphy, kevin morgan and gareth thomas are all better than him at full back. Ev