Gee, talk about an AMBUSH - were you guys just waiting for me to poke my head out of the water. For the record, West Australia is to Rugby as America is to Cricket (ie, not up to the task just yet). I wouldn't be surprised in a cricket score, after all South Africa walloped them hugely a year or two ago.
It's a tactic - you attract stronger crowds to the bigger games by having the general public believe that the Lions might be competitive against the Wallabies. The Lions also have the advantage of home conditions tonight - it's colder and wetter than a November morn in Blighty
. That's why I'm home here, rugged up and warm - where is that cider (starting to get a taste for this).
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