Im realy looking forward to the Lions tour and this is coming from someone that is not a fan of yawnion

hasn't really grabbed my attention.
expecting 15k for the first tour game. on same day as super 14 final. bad planning?

The stadium is empty at this game i know its not a proper test match but its laughable

Royal XV v Lions teams:

(15) Russell Jeacocks FULL BACK Lee Byrne (15)
(14) Egon Seconds WINGER Tommy Bowe (14)
(13) Deon van Rensburg CENTRE Keith Earls (13)
(12) Hanno Coetzee CENTRE Jamie Roberts (12)
(11) Bjorn Basson WINGER Shane Williams (11)
(10) Naas Olivier FLY HALF Ronan O'Gara (10)
(9) Sarel Pretorius SCRUM HALF Mike Blair (9)
(1) Albertus Buckle PROP Andrew Sheridan (1)
(2) Rayno Barnes HOOKER Matthew Rees (2)
(3) Bees Roux PROP Adam Jones (3)
(4) Rudi Mathee SECOND ROW Simon Shaw (4)
(5) Jacques Lombard SECOND ROW Paul O'Connell (5)
(6) Wilhelm Koch FLANKER Joe Worsley (6)
(7) Devon Raubenheimer FLANKER Martyn Williams (7)
(8 ) Jonathan Makoena No. 8 David Wallace (8 )

Thought id get a quick shower and i come back and we are losing 18 3 WTF that will teach me

Watching the first match of the tour to South Africa whilst I'm browsing. Can't tell you how dire the game is or how bad the Lions are. Makes our efforts in the World Cup look good.

Embarrassing really for all British sports fans.

I would rather watch grass grow than rah rahs nonsense, they bum it up off the field with good marketing and adverts on TV and when you tune in to watch union it is absolute cack!

What was the final score?

I think it was 37 - 25 to the Lions who scored two very late tries and a penalty to clinch it. This was against the weakest team, by a fair distance, they will play on the whole tour. It was a scrach side from one of the weaker provinces. Look out for some heavy defeats in the next two or three weeks.

Fair enough - to be honest I don't really know much about union. Used to play it in school and preferred it to league at the time. I can't sit through even half a game now. Tried to watch the Premiership final the other week but had to turn off when London Irish went for a drop goal after about 30 seconds.

That's part of the problem with Union, drop goals worth THREE points!!!!!!

Also there's too much importance put on second phase possession. I'm OK with that but when it gets to 3rd, 4th 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th etc phase it gets just a tad boring - why doesn't somebody pick the ball up a run with it sometimes.

The touchline is used as a safe haven.

What is the mark all about?

Forwards don't know what to do when they accidentally get hold of the ball in open play.

Apart from that the game is OK when there's no Rugby League to watch.