Remember that Scott Cummings begins this sequence offering himself to Alex Mitchell close to the ruck. A special defensive play.

Sport is theatre and theatre is about narrative. Football isn’t the best sport to watch, but the storylines keep it on top. F1 exploded, when they unveiled all their stories. NFL, boxing…the list is endless. Rugby has failed badly in that department.

It’s insane to me that a sport that so valorises a creation myth whereby a schoolboy picked up a football and ran with it, is so utterly resistant to innovation.

New Zealand rugby really not coping well with their ever diminishing relevance

It’s a testament to Finn Russell that it isn’t even news that he is the starting Lions 10 for the first test.

A low-key yet potentially pivotal moment from Saturday on the stroke of half-time. Big strike from Tom Lynagh that almost sets up a line-out inside the Lions 22 but Finn Russell gets his feet sorted, keeps the ball in and keeps the score at 17-5. Looks casual but isn't easy.

Really annoying fact of the day: will this Lions test series be the only time Finn Russell or any of the other Scotland lads ever gets to play a three test series against a SH test nation?

Completely under the radar how insanely good this was. A drop kick right into the corner to throw pressure right back on the Aussies

This kick 'should' have ended up just outside the 22m if kicked by the average kicker. Russell increased the likelihood of scoring a try by 5 times thanks to this kick compared to the average. Data per Oval

Today was pure theatre. Even against heavy underdogs, the Lions Tours nearly always get people talking and engaged. Like it or not, that is huge for rugby as a whole

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Imagine getting knocked out by a knee to the head and when you wake up, everyone’s fighting and Sweet Caroline is playing on loud speaker #Lions2025

This game is boiling. There will be a yellow soon. Not to mention, 42 minutes gone and 4 failed HIAs .

Lions losing this on lineout. It’s ruining all their territory

Heal Sir Matt

An astounding lack of self awareness from Rugby Unions tier 1 nations. “The R360 model, as outlined publicly, rather appears designed to generate profits and return them to a very small elite”

Netflix: We'll do an all access show to showcase your game like we did for F1. Six Nations: You can't film any controversy. Squidge: We'll do engaging analysis for free to our 250K+ subscribers. Six Nations: You can't use any footage at all and we'll sue you if you do. Rugby!

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Finn Russell is the first player in history with 5⃣0⃣ Test wins for Scottish Rugby Men. On the day that Scotland scored 5⃣0⃣ points against France for the first time ever, he was also playing in the 5⃣0⃣th Six Nations' match of his career.

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