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Re: British and Irish Lions Tour 2009

Strong team selected v Sharks in Durban.
Absolute last chance for Shane Williams to step up. Being given another chance, now outside the two Test centres, means that Geech wants him to start but wants him to prove why. Why he shouldn't go with Ugo Monye and/or Tommy Bowe.
Is this the test pack? Apart from the front row?
The two bolters with a look-in in the backs over the 3 Teats could be Flutey and Halfpenny, both on the bench.
10 of these look live Test starters a week Saturday so it's interesting to see how they bring it all to the boil. ie this is a Wednesday game but not a 'dirt-tracker' XV.
No significant injuries so far, but now it gets tougher.

Lions to win by 12. Solid result, but nothing special.

British and Irish Lions: 15 Lee Byrne (Ospreys & Wales), 14 Shane Williams (Ospreys & Wales),13 Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster & Ireland), 12 Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues & Wales), 11 Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster & Ireland), 10 Ronan O'Gara (Munster & Ireland), 9 Mike Phillips (Ospreys & Wales), 8 James Heaslip (Leinster & Ireland), 7 David Wallace (Munster & Ireland), 6 Tom Croft (Leicester & England), 5 Paul O'Connell (Munster & Ireland) (capt), 4 Alun-Wyn Jones (Ospreys & Wales), 3 Adam Jones (Ospreys & Wales), 2 Lee Mears (Bath & England), 1 Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues & Wales),
Replacements: 16 Mathew Rees (Scarlets & Wales), 17 Phil Vickery (Wasps & England), 18 Simon Shaw (Wasps & England), 19 Joe Worsley (Wasps & England), 20 Mike Blair (Edinburgh & Scotland), 21 Riki Flutey (Wasps & England), 22 Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues & Wales).
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