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Ryan Baird: I've learnt to be like Bruce Lee and go with the flow
Ryan Baird: I've learnt to be like Bruce Lee and go with the flow

Times

time3 days ago

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Ryan Baird: I've learnt to be like Bruce Lee and go with the flow

An hour after the game ended at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium last Saturday night, Ryan Baird strode from the Ireland dressing room towards the team bus, kit-bag in one hand, bluetooth speaker in the other. The tune was familiar: Days Like This, Van Morrison's sweet, optimistic jazz ballad. Not very Gen Z but appropriate to the night that was in it. When it's not always raining, there'll be days like this. When there's no one complaining, there'll be days like this. Days like when you create a try for Craig Casey with a deliciously delayed Snymanesque offload. Days like when you pinch three Georgian balls at the front of the lineout and disrupt another. Had there been a man-of-the-match award, there was every chance that Baird would have pinched that, too.

British and Irish Lions improve to 5-0 on Australian tour with 48-0 win ahead of 1st test
British and Irish Lions improve to 5-0 on Australian tour with 48-0 win ahead of 1st test

Yahoo

time4 days ago

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British and Irish Lions improve to 5-0 on Australian tour with 48-0 win ahead of 1st test

Marcus Smith of the British & Irish Lions takes a shot at goal during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Duhan van der Merwe of the British & Irish Lions runs to score a try during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Ben White, left, of the British & Irish Lions is congratulated by teammates after scoring a try during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Fin Smith of the British & Irish Lions is tackled by Ngani Laumape of the AUNZ Invitational XV during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Owen Farrell of the British & Irish Lions gestures during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Owen Farrell of the British & Irish Lions gestures during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Marcus Smith of the British & Irish Lions takes a shot at goal during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Duhan van der Merwe of the British & Irish Lions runs to score a try during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Ben White, left, of the British & Irish Lions is congratulated by teammates after scoring a try during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Fin Smith of the British & Irish Lions is tackled by Ngani Laumape of the AUNZ Invitational XV during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) Owen Farrell of the British & Irish Lions gestures during the rugby match between the Lions and the AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby) ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The British and Irish Lions used their final tour match ahead of the first test against the Wallabies to overwhelm an Australia and New Zealand combined side 48-0 on Saturday. The Lions led 17-0 at halftime and poured on the tries in the second half before 43,124 fans, a record for rugby in the Australian rules-mad state of South Australia. Advertisement Scotland's Duhan van der Merwe scored two of his three tries in an early 13-minute span as the Lions won for the fifth time in five matches on their Australian tour. Controversial mid-tour replacement Owen Farrell came off the reserves bench in the 50th minute to a smattering of jeers from the traveling Lions fans. Farrell hasn't played international rugby since the 2023 World Cup and had played no rugby in nine weeks and only 18 minutes in the last 10 weeks. The former England captain replaced the injured Elliot Daly to make it onto his fourth Lions tour. In the 36th minute, England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie was knocked out after attempting a tackle. He was taken off the field by stretcher after sustaining an apparent head or neck injury. Advertisement The first combined Australia-New Zealand XV since the 1989 Lions tour included 17 internationals, including the entire starting side. But the AUNZ team could do little against the Lions lineup, most of whom won't feature in the opening test next Saturday at Brisbane. The Lions were 4-0 coming into Saturday's match since a 28-24 loss to Argentina in a warmup in Dublin. They have beaten all of Australia's Super Rugby franchises. Before the ACT Brumbies on Wednesday, they defeated the Western Force, Queensland Reds, and New South Wales Waratahs. The second test is set for July 26 in Melbourne, followed by Sydney on Aug. 2. ___ AP rugby:

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