Wonderful victory after a great game. A match in three acts showing off different facets of our game.
I looked up the report on the BBC website. I then made the mistake of scrolling down to see what the comments were like. I could hardly believe the amount of vicious bile that spewed out from many of the posts. I don't know whether any of the people who write this stuff are rugby fans. It made me suppose [what I often suppose about some "football fans"] that these people don't actually like sport; what they like is the opportunity to hate "the other lot". In this case "the other lot" was "taffies" or "Celts" and, especially Warren Gatland. And that was after the Lions had demolished the Wallabies! One idiot complained it wasn't fair since it was four countries against one; another that the Lions played an American - Corbisiero emigrated to the UK with his patents when he was four. Fortunately all of these got negative ratings from other readers and many were simply happy to celebrate the moment leaving critical appraisal till later. It was also good to hear a series of previous Lions greats sayin "When you are on tour you are not English, Welsh, Scottish or Irish. You are a Lion!". Obviously the best "gentleman's club" in the world!
P.S. Non of the people to whom I have referred above were Aussies. One or two of these tried to belittle the win but most said "Well done. Better team. Wait till next time though!" which is bang-on right.