'3/10' - Wales Online went to town on Lions with brutal player ratings

Sunday, 01 August 2021 at 12:05

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byRugby Rucker

Granted, it wasn't the British & Irish Lions finest hour in the second test - but surely the player ratings from Wales Online are a bit on the harsh side.

The Welsh publication held nothing back in its scathing assessment of Warren Gatland's charges, who came up short in the second test against the Springboks.

No fewer than four players received 3/10.

WALES ONLINE PLAYER RATINGS:

BACK-THREE:

15 . Stuart Hogg (Scotland) - 4
14. Anthony Watson (England) - 4
11. Duhan van de Merwe (Scotland) - 3

On Hogg: " Just too many mistakes, not least in the aerial battle."

On van de Merwe: "Yellow carded for a daft trip on Cheslin Kolbe in a benign area of the field, harassed under the high ball and couldn’t make the yardage he has previously. Might Josh Adams now get his chance?"

CENTRES:

13. Chris Harris (Scotland) - 5
12. Robbie Henshaw (Ireland) - 5

HALFBACKS:

10. Dan Biggar (Wales) - 5
9. Conor Murray (Ireland) - 5

FRONT-ROW:

1. Mako Vunipola (England) - 6
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (England) - 5
3. Tadhg Furlong (Ireland) - 7

On Cowan-Dickie: "hooker is such an important position and it’s questionable whether he has the all-court game needed in this massive series."

SECOND-ROW:

4. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) - 4
5. Maro Itoje (England) - 6

On Jones: "like so many of his forward colleagues he tired as the game reached the final quarter and was part of a routed Lions eight come the end. Was this the game his shoulder rehab caught up with him?"

BACK-ROW:

6. Courtney Lawes (England) - 4
7. Tom Curry (England) - 3
8. Jack Conan (Ireland) - 5

On Curry: "Long 80-minute shift but was obliterated by the end. The Boks won this area emphatically and it’s a problem for the Lions going into the decider."

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