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<blockquote data-quote="Zerobound" data-source="post: 978367" data-attributes="member: 81336"><p>This is an interesting point. After 2015 they were looking good. They weren't far off a semi final then and had performed reasonably well after that. They had dominated Australia, currently on top of England in the past couple of years and some good results against the other 6 Nations teams. (No longer battling Italy for the wooden spoon). They've been able to push South Africa and New Zealand. While playing attractive rugby.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately they slipped up a couple of times against the USA and Fiji. They were what I'd call momentum breaking games. </p><p></p><p>Something I do wonder, despite Scotland having a number of players in good form over 2016 and 2017. They had only 3 players in the initial Lions squad. With the only likely test player Hogg getting injured.</p><p></p><p>How much more did that series benefit the other home nations?</p><p></p><p>Partaking in the series surely would have created belief in those players. While also giving them experience in closing out those close games. What are people's thoughts? How much of an impact has that Lions tour had for NH rugby?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zerobound, post: 978367, member: 81336"] This is an interesting point. After 2015 they were looking good. They weren't far off a semi final then and had performed reasonably well after that. They had dominated Australia, currently on top of England in the past couple of years and some good results against the other 6 Nations teams. (No longer battling Italy for the wooden spoon). They've been able to push South Africa and New Zealand. While playing attractive rugby. Unfortunately they slipped up a couple of times against the USA and Fiji. They were what I'd call momentum breaking games. Something I do wonder, despite Scotland having a number of players in good form over 2016 and 2017. They had only 3 players in the initial Lions squad. With the only likely test player Hogg getting injured. How much more did that series benefit the other home nations? Partaking in the series surely would have created belief in those players. While also giving them experience in closing out those close games. What are people's thoughts? How much of an impact has that Lions tour had for NH rugby? [/QUOTE]
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