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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 827962" data-attributes="member: 70721">How many players are they taking this time?Is it 40?So two full separate teams with separate benches?It&#039;s not the scheduling that is the killer, not with two full teams.It&#039;s the time of the year.It&#039;s right in the middle of the SH domestic season so the home players will be fresh but the Lions will have had long seasons behind them. It will be the end of season fatigue that will be the hard part for the Lions.That and... every low level Kiwi team will be playing their hearts out for the privilege of being on the world rugby stage because playing the British and Irish Lions may well be the pinnacle of a rugby career for many of the players they will face on this tour.The Fantasy of a B+I Lions team is no less &#039;special&#039; than it is for those lower tier NZ provincial players they will meet in the midweek games who will see this as a once in a lifetime experience.Make no bones about it, NZ is excited at the prospect of the Lions coming to town. Right through the country people are already talking about it and after the loss to Ireland in Chicago the Lions stock has increased significantly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 827962, member: 70721"] How many players are they taking this time? Is it 40? So two full separate teams with separate benches? It's not the scheduling that is the killer, not with two full teams. It's the time of the year. It's right in the middle of the SH domestic season so the home players will be fresh but the Lions will have had long seasons behind them. It will be the end of season fatigue that will be the hard part for the Lions. That and... every low level Kiwi team will be playing their hearts out for the privilege of being on the world rugby stage because playing the British and Irish Lions may well be the pinnacle of a rugby career for many of the players they will face on this tour. The Fantasy of a B+I Lions team is no less 'special' than it is for those lower tier NZ provincial players they will meet in the midweek games who will see this as a once in a lifetime experience. Make no bones about it, NZ is excited at the prospect of the Lions coming to town. Right through the country people are already talking about it and after the loss to Ireland in Chicago the Lions stock has increased significantly. [/QUOTE]

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