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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 250089">&lt;div class=&#039;quotetop&#039;&gt;QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 8 2009, 08:23 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=383355" target="_blank">&lt;{POST_SNAPBACK}&gt;</a>&lt;/div&gt;I would have thought he&#039;s a maybe for the tests at this stage, not the flight. Had an excellent game against Italy which will probably have secured his touring place, the ineptitude of Vickery was there for all to see in Dublin bar danny of course, but he conceded 4 penalties, but there was so many problems with his binding that had Joubert or the touch judges been on their game, his penalty count could have probably been higher than Ireland&#039;s combined total. The fact that Horan had him in trouble at times and wasn&#039;t tested himself says it all about Vickery&#039;s Lions&#039; credentials. He&#039;ll be lucky to tour and will only get midweek games unless Geech and co have money on SA for the series.[/b]</blockquote>Just being cautious. The guy has been injured for a while and has missed two of the big Six Nations games where you&#039;d expect him to be laying down a marker for selection. Instead, Ireland and Wales&#039; props have stolen a march on Murray and thus, he needs two big games to get the attention of the Lions staff...I mean, you&#039;re not seriously expecting a load of Wasps staff to go watch him play for Saints, are you? :huh:[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 250089"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 8 2009, 08:23 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=383355']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I would have thought he's a maybe for the tests at this stage, not the flight. Had an excellent game against Italy which will probably have secured his touring place, the ineptitude of Vickery was there for all to see in Dublin bar danny of course, but he conceded 4 penalties, but there was so many problems with his binding that had Joubert or the touch judges been on their game, his penalty count could have probably been higher than Ireland's combined total. The fact that Horan had him in trouble at times and wasn't tested himself says it all about Vickery's Lions' credentials. He'll be lucky to tour and will only get midweek games unless Geech and co have money on SA for the series. [/b][/quote] Just being cautious. The guy has been injured for a while and has missed two of the big Six Nations games where you'd expect him to be laying down a marker for selection. Instead, Ireland and Wales' props have stolen a march on Murray and thus, he needs two big games to get the attention of the Lions staff...I mean, you're not seriously expecting a load of Wasps staff to go watch him play for Saints, are you? :huh: [/QUOTE]

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