I think I have worked out why.

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virphen wrote:

The other question though – has anyone ever really salivated over a home test against Ireland? Really?

And that’s not a bad point.

The main problem is simply the sheer quantity of games played at all levels. For example I only saw Paul McLean and Mark Ella play once each in their careers; I’ve probably seen Gregan play around 10 times. So when Australia play here this year I won’t crawl over broken glass to see it.

It is the rare nature of Lions tours that generated all the hype last year. It was certainly nothing to do with the quality of the rugby.

All Lions tours generate a disproportionate amont of hype, along with the Springbok tours of 1981 and 94.

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