Summer Internationals 2025, Week 1
I am going to briefly touch on the two friendlies that happened before this weekend as well, then dive into the main matches of the weekend. What I won’t. Be reviewing is the Lions matches against the Australian SR sides. They’re build up matches as Farrell and co look for combinations and try to work out how their charges are gelling, against SR teams weakened by having their stars taken out to the Wallabies and then some released back to them. It’s an important part of the build up, but shouldn’t be a challenge. Nor will I be reviewing the Ireland games, I can’t get to see them. BIL v Argentina This was a friendly, officially, and marked the centennial of the first match between the two teams. Argentina came to visit, weakened by having a batch of players still playing in France, but still with the core of the team together. The Lions were playing their first match and also playing a side weakened by choosing not to play anyone who had been involved for Leinster, Leicester or Northa...