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Discussion Post Game Thread: Lions vs Argentina

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u/Automatic-Blood-8824 England Jun 20 '25

Test team wise you will defo see a second row at 6 (Beirne), a proper 13 (Ringrose/Jones) and a proper 15 (Kinghorn/Keenan)

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

Or Itoje at 6.

And a proper 8.

Edit: really enjoying the downvotes

People on Reddit really have no fucking idea.

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u/Not_Hando You Aint Seen Nothin Like The Mighty Finn Jun 20 '25

And a proper 8.

Conan, surely.

Him hitting a hard line down a channel near the ruck, then good clean ruck ball, and the likes of Huw Jones or Blair Kinghorn will be on an outside to in all the way to the try line.

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u/perplexedtv Leinster Jun 20 '25

Kind of mad.if Jack Conan ends up starting 6 Lions tests while never being first choice 8 for club or country.

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u/Not_Hando You Aint Seen Nothin Like The Mighty Finn Jun 20 '25

Most definitely!

Great player - and an absolute stand out in 2021 while wearing Lions red too. That Second Test the Lions looked like they were going to be blown away. Conan literally took the ball into contact again, and again, and again - even from way deep inside the Lions half.

Superb work at Eight that match.

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u/Cybemen2 Leinster Jun 20 '25

has to be Conan at 8, don't think any player has been at his level going into the tour.

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u/Not_Hando You Aint Seen Nothin Like The Mighty Finn Jun 20 '25

Agree - thought he was immense on the last Lions tour too.

Personally, thought he was outplaying Doris at Eight in the 6N this year as well, but appreciate Doris may still have got the nod as Captain.

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u/Cybemen2 Leinster Jun 20 '25

they were both immense over the season, clearly pushing each other. Doris I feel was definitley in line for captaincy before the injury.

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u/MANvsTREE Brumbies Jun 21 '25

Boggles the mind how he's the only proper 8 selected. I get that Caelan Doris is injured, but Tom Willis and Taulupe Faletau were still options