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More than 30,000 fans here today

THE COUNTDOWN

DAN BIGGAR KICKS THE GAME AWAY

Elliot Daly does a great chase and booms into Chief's Finlay Christie

LOUD APPLAUSE HERE IN RADIO JEM HQ ;-) ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D

AND YOU CAN COME OUT FROM BEHIND YOUR SOFAS NOW EVERYONE

:-D :-D :-D :-D

HERE'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE PRE MATCH

THE HAKA :-D :-D :-D :-D

Live from The Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand

CHIEFS v BRITISH & IRISH LIONS ..... Kick Off 8.35am (UK Time)

Live TV: Sky Sports 1
Live Radio: TalkSPORT (online on the link below)
http://talksport.com/radioplayer/live/


...... and of course ...... Radio Jem!

HERE COME THE CHIEFS

The Chiefs play in black, red and yellow coloured jerseys.


THE CHIEFS
Founded in 1996, The Gallagher Chiefs, formerly known as the Waikato Chiefs, are a professional Rugby Union team based in Hamilton New Zealand. Their primary home ground is Waikato Stadium. They compete in the Super Rugby Competition.

HERE COME OUR LIONS

LED OUT BY RORY BEST THEIR CAPTAIN TODAY

THE LIONS ARE IN RED

TODAY's LIONS TEAM

CAPTAIN: RORY BEST (Ireland)

Backs:
15. Liam Williams
14. Jack Nowell
13. Jared Payne
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Elliot Daly
10. Dan Biggar
9. Greig Laidlaw

Forwards:
1. Joe Marler
2. Rory Best (Captain)
3. Dan Cole
4. Iain Henderson
5. Courtney Lawes
6. James Haskell
7. Justin Tipuric
8. CJ Stander.

Replacements:
16. Kristian Dacey, 17. Allan Dell, 18. Tomas Francis, 19. Cory Hill, 20 Alun-Wyn Jones, 21. Gareth Davies, 22. Finn Russell, 23. Tommy Seymour

THE TEAMS

THE HOST TEAM ........ CHIEFS


CAPTAIN: STEPHEN (THE BEAVER) DONALD

Backs:
15. Shaun Stevenson
14. Toni Pulu
13. Tim Nanai-Williams
12. Johnny Fa'auli
11. Solomon Alaimalo
10. Stephen Donald (Captain)
9. Finlay Christie

Forwards:
1. Siegfried Fisi’ihoi
2. Liam Polwart
3. Nepo Laulala
4. Dominic Bird
5. Michael Allardice
6. Mitchell Brown
7. Lachlan Boshier
8. Tom Sanders

Replacements:
16. Hika Elliot, 17. Aidan Ross, 18. Atu Moli, 19. Liam Messam, 20. Mitchell Karpik,
21. Jonathan Taumateine, 22. Luteru Laulala*, 23. Chase Tiatia*

*denotes Chiefs debut

CHIEFS v BRITISH & IRISH LIONS ........ Kicks Off at 8.35am UK Time

LIVE ON SKY SPORTS 1

ONLINE RADIO: TalkSPORT
http://talksport.com/radioplayer/live/


AND RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D :-D


ALL WELCOME :-) :-) :-)

HERE'S A FAVOURITE ONE FROM NEW ZEALAND....


POKAREKARE ANA ............ BRYN TERFEL & HAYLE WESTENRA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5YmjK7UuOs

And here's OUR version ;-) :-D :-D

THE LIONS’ ROAR!
They’re gonna put us to the test
We’ve really got to play our best
Not gonna play quietly,
Not gonna play “politely”
We really haven’t got much choice
Must push ourselves to breaking point
We’ll stand for nothing
We’ll try out everything

They hold us down, but we get up (hey!)
Already brushing off the dust
They hear our voice, they hear that sound
Like Thunder, gonna shake their ground
They hold us down, but we get up
Get ready cos we’ve had enough
We see it all, we see it now .....

We’ve got the might of a lion, a fighter,
Dancing through the fire
CAUSE WE ARE THE LIONS .....

.....AND YOU’RE GONNA HEAR US ROAR
Louder, Louder than 1 lion

CAUSE WE ARE THE LIONS AND YOU’RE GONNA HEAR US ROAR !

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

RRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Good Morning / Evening Everyone :-) :-) :-) <3

RADIO JEM IS NOW LIVE

and here is Radio Jem's Lions Tour Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CevxZvSJLk8

THE 1 HOUR WARNING EVERYONE :-D :-D



It's 7.35 AM in the UK & Ireland

It's 9.35 AM in Our Cyprus Studio ;-)

and it's 6.35 PM in New Zealand




Time for Radio Jem's Rugby Fans to get up and ready for

CHIEFS v LIONS



1 HOUR TO GO! :-D :-D :-D

Hiya Kandj <3

It's really really hot here!
We took them to Gnoll Estate Country Park in Neath this afternoon.
http://www.gnollestatecountrypark.co.uk/

We had a lovely time but we were very hot. It was 35 degrees on the car thermometer :-0

There's a big lake with loads of waterfowl there. The ducks were very tame and Ashton loved them :-D


Are you and hubby ok?

Will look forward to your company in the morning if you can make it :-)

Hello Radio Jem. Hoping to be around to follow the link for this in the morning.

Phew....... it aint half HOT here!! Hope it cools down throughout the night.

How is little Ashton and Grandson 1 coping with this heatwave? I hope they're ok.

ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Hi Susan and Thanks :-)

You will be looking forward to the game tomorrow (well,later for you, of course!) :-D

Should be a great game!

Come and join us if you able to, you will be more than welcome :-)

Hi Jem.

Great win by the Lions :-), bring on the Chiefs - my team :-D

THE LIONS TEAM TO FACE THE CHIEFS HAS BEEN DECIDED

THE BRITISH & IRISH LIONS

CAPTAIN: RORY BEST (Ireland)

Backs:
15. Liam Williams
14. Jack Nowell
13. Jared Payne
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Elliot Daly
10. Dan Biggar
9. Greig Laidlaw

Forwards:
1. Joe Marler
2. Rory Best
3. Dan Cole
4. Iain Henderson
5. Courtney Lawes
6. James Haskell
7. Justin Tipuric
8. CJ Stander.

Replacements:
16. Kristian Dacey, 17. Allan Dell, 18. Tomas Francis, 19. Cory Hill, 20 Alun-Wyn Jones, 21. Gareth Davies, 22. Finn Russell, 23. Tommy Seymour



Tuesday June 20th

CHIEFS v BRITISH & IRISH LIONS ....... Kick Off 8.35am (UK)

LIVE TV: Sky Sports 1
LIVE RADIO: TalkSPORT (Online)

AND RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D



Whatever hemisphere's air you breathe ..... whichever team you support .....
COME AND CHEER THEM ON WITH OUR RUGBY GANG :-) :-) :-) :-)

CONTROVERSY AGAIN!

This time it's over Team Gatland's Call Ups.
He has Called-Up 4 Wales players to The Lions Squad to cover for injury.
They are Kristian Dacey, Cory Hill, Gareth Davies and Tomos Francis.


NOW THE PROBABLE REASONING FOR THIS DECISION....

*They were already in New Zealand with The Wales Tour.

*They would not have to fly in from a long distance and leave other Summer Tours leaving other teams in the lurch.

*They would not have the dreaded Jet Lag.

*Being Wales' Head Coach, he would also know these players well. How well they play, their style of play, how they would work within the existing team set up.

*The much less experienced Wales Team has played amazingly in New Zealand. They beat The Maori All Blacks last Tuesday- a team which included no less than 9 New Zealand All Blacks. Every one of these men played great (including Gareth Anscombe I may add, who was not called up)

* The new additions to the Lions Squad will enable Gatland to "PROTECT" his biggest players ready for the Test Games.



NOW FOR THE CONTROVERSY....
*Shouldn't they have been chosen solely on merit?

*There were better players left out.

* Getting the Lions Cap is a huge honour- The pinnacle of a Rugby Players relatively short career. This can only ever happen once every 4 years. So most players would only ever get 2, or at the very most 3, chances at it.

AND I CAN SEE THIS POINT!


HOWEVER.... AS THE SKY EXPERT PRESENTERS COMMENTED .....
...... IF THE LIONS BEAT THE ALL BLACKS ... IT WILL ALL BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT! ;-) :-D :-D


THE OTHER 2 LIONS CALL-UPS
(and Well Deserved in my opinion) .....

SCOTLAND's FINN RUSSELL (Fly Half) and ALAN DELL (Prop)
Scotland had a fantastic victory over the Australian Wallabies yesterday.


But whatever we think about the decision .... Warren Gatland and his team have decided on their players v CHIEFS on Tuesday .....

TEAM UP NEXT!

LATEST CALL UP NEWS

2 SCOTLAND PLAYERS CALLED UP ~ South African born Prop, ALAN DELL and Fly Half FINN RUSSELL.

These excellent players will take the Call Up numbers to six.
They will join the 4 Wales players that have been called up - Kristian Dacey, Cory Hill, Gareth Davies and Tomos Francis, who are already in New Zealand with the Wales Summer Tour.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/lionstour/british-and-irish-lions-2017-warren-gatland-call-ups-players-wales-scotland-vs-chiefs-a7794476.html