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April 30, 2013
The British & Irish Lions touring party will be named tonight [AEST]. Qantas Wallabies coach Robbie Deans will be available to the news media to give his reaction to the touring squad tomorrow at 10am at Allianz Stadium.
What: British & Irish Lions team announcement press opportunity/Qantas Wallabies reaction
When: Tomorrow (Wednesday May 1) 10am
Who: Qantas Wallabies coach Robbie Deans
Where: Waratahs theatrette, IBM Centre, Waratahs Rugby HQ, Allianz Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park. Media should meet at the Allianz Stadium Venue Services Office
Media should note that the British & Irish Lions touring party will be named at 8pm tonight live on Fox Sports News, channel 513.
80 Minutes, 15 Positions, No Protection, Wanna Ruck?
Ruck Me, Maul Me, Make Me Scrum!
Education is Important, but Rugby is Importanter!
And why would it not be held at the Waratahs Rugby HQ? They will still make up most of the squad, even their bench and EPS guys will get a gig... its pitiful.
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Australian Rugby would be a in a far better place if they could force the other nations to select a few Waratahs
Okay - I did mean to refer to the Australian team when Deans announces the Qantas Wallabies reaction. However if there was a way I am sure a few Tahs would slip into the Lions selection somehow.
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'Rugby and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.' -anonymous
Just got an email from ARU - more Lions tickets on sale from 10am AEST tomorrow
Laugh and the world laughs with you.......
......cry and you'll weaken your beer
To add some spice to the show, I hope Wilkinson & O'Driscoll are coming.
Great game, Fucken battled right through to the 80!
Looking forward to the tour. Seems an age since I went to the game at the WACA in 2001. Refresher on tour results attached.
I can't wait to see the squad announcement it will have a heavy welsh flavour and rightly so they were immense in the 6 nations
Word is O'Driscoll should be in, but Wilko won't be due to his club commitments with Toulon. European final is due the same day as the Lions play the Ba Ba's in Hong Kong. Apparently Gatland doesn't want any one travelling who can't be there from the get go, i.e. - 2 weeks of camp before they leave.
Fair call I guess. Shame really, looks like they will pick Sexton & Farrell. Heaped in irony as Wilkinson & Farrell palyed against each other on Sunday. Wilkinson schooled the young fella.
Great game, Fucken battled right through to the 80!
Yeah he was sharp against Saracens. I think even that he has commitments for the warm up game, Gatland should still take him. He's a points machine and exactly what a team needs to close out a tight game, his drop goals are lethal. I can't imagine him starting, but he can still do a job for the Lions.
Great game, Fucken battled right through to the 80!
He could teach some of our boys the art of tackling - he's hard as.
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An hour to go before we find out who will be in the Lions squad and former Australia international Michael Lynagh discusses Jonny Wilkinson in his column for The Times. "I think he won't be going but does he merit a place? yes he does.
"On the evidence of the past two Heineken Cup games he is still one of the best fly halves around - even more so when a team play to a style that suits him or is based around him."
Live announcement shortly on http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/22348836