I went along to last night's game. I've never experienced anything like it and I've been to many, many games in my time. The Lions supporters were absolutely everywhere, it seemed half of Brisbane was a sea of red. All good natured ribbing - There was a festive atmosphere.
Without wanting to sound like sour grapes I think the Wallabies were desperately unlucky. Still, you make your own luck. O'Connor was out of position, Barnes was out of position, why Beale was only on the bench is a mystery.
I just read that Deans has drafted into the squad today George Smith, Jesse Mogg and Ben Tapuai - interesting - 2 backs and a forward to replace 4 injured backs - and none of them is the standout flyhalf in all of Super Rugby.
I almost hope we lose the next Test if only to hasten Deans' exit. This dope has such animosity for Quade Cooper he must have had blinkers on 2 weeks back when Cooper dazzled the Lions and brought their highly structured game undone with his erratic brilliance.
Sure makes errors - Campese did too. I saw last night the change Beale brought with his inventive brilliance after O'Connor's staid display. Put Cooper at 5/8, Beale outside him, Folau at fullback and we will win the series.
