It's just a shame because discipline was such a positive point in the first half. Think he wanted to make an impression, made some good hits but I think those penalties will really have hurt his chances massively.Tbh I was cooking so didn't see it all, but Sinckler definitely gave away some silly penalties at the end. I still reckon the offside should have been yellow. Japan had a chance for a break and he was running back, so not even debatable if he was onside.
Lots of WelshExile votesDunno how Beirne didn't get MOTW by the way
Lions v Japan player ratings as Dan Biggar near perfection but partner struggles
Biggar was superb throughout the Lions' warm-up match against Japan and barely put a foot wrong all afternoonwww.walesonline.co.uk
Its a bit hard because in that squad AWJ gets his place in the test side without much effort. Lawes has been a long way of his best for sometime now all things being equal he would be 4th choice for England right now. He probably was on the bench over Itoje because he "covers 6" but in reality he wasn't one of the top 3 locks on tour.I will be the first to admit I never really got the AWJ thing being from outside Wales but when he went off things seemed to lose a spark and then the further injuries and replacements weren't overly exciting me either.
snip Lawes doesn't seem to have the same impact of AWJ for me, maybe not quite firing?
Agree on all but the last bit - really do have a gut feeling Faz is going to have a storming return to form. Not based on anything but a feeling tho!Its a bit hard because in that squad AWJ gets his place in the test side without much effort. Lawes has been a long way of his best for sometime now all things being equal he would be 4th choice for England right now. He probably was on the bench over Itoje because he "covers 6" but in reality he wasn't one of the top 3 locks on tour.
However if you drop Hill/Lawes and pick two of (if they were full match fit) Gray/Ryan/Kruis/Launchburry it becomes a lot harder to see (unless your Welsh) how AWJ makes the test side.
It was said about the squad before it has a definite feels that there is a test side and mid-week side and the mid-week players have been picked not based on they should pushing the test players but they won't be so disappointed about not making the test side.
Oh yeah Farrell is complete shite at the moment should be dropped from England let a long being on a Lions tour #brokenrecord
So we've moved on from outlier view number 1 of Kruis, who's been hitting the sake bars out in Japan for the last year, should've been called up ahead of beard onto now outlier view number 2 that him and Launchbury should've been picked ahead of AWJ. Lol. You couldn't make it up.
if they were full match fit
AWJ couldn't last 9mins vs the Japanese, Kruis made it a whole seasonKruis, yeah, if he hadn't be hitting the sake bars maybe he could've made it on tour to hold the tackle bags