Original source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/57794891
Sunday, July 11, 2021
British and Irish Lions: South Africa captain Siya Kolisi tests positive for Covid-19
South Africa captain Siya Kolisi tests positive for coronavirus as his side build up to the series against the British and Irish Lions.
Five changes for France ahead of second Test
France coach Fabien Galthie has made five charges to his starting team as they seek to level the series against the Wallabies in the second rugby Test in Melbourne.
Three of them, Wilfrid Hounkpatin, Pierre-Henri Azagoh and Ibrahim Diallo, will make their international debuts at AAMI Park on Tuesday night.
A late blunder when they failed to find touch after a lineout cost France a 23-21 defeat in the first Test in Brisbane last week.
Prop Demba Bamba has lost his place in the starting lineup to Castres’ Hounkpatin.
The second row is completely changed, with Killian Geraci, Romain Taofifenua sitting on the bench for Cyril Cazeaux and Stade Francais youngster Azagoh.
Flanker Cameron Woki replaces Dylan Cretin, who was ruled out with an ankle injury.
After a solid display in the Brisbane Test, winger Gabin Villiere, centres Jonathan Danty and Arthur Vincent retained their spots, as did captain and number eight Anthony Jelonch.
France are chasing their first Test win on Australian soil since 1990.
France: Melvyn Jaminet, Damian Penaud, Arthur Vincent, Jonathan Danty, Gabin Villiere, Louis Carbonel, Baptiste Couilloud, Anthony Jelonch (capt), Cameron Woki, Ibrahim Diallo, Cyril Cazeaux, Pierre-Henri Azagoh, Wilfrid Hounkpatin, Gaetan Barlot, Jean-Baptiste Gros. Res: Anthony Etrillard, Enzo Forletta, Demba Bamba, Killian Geraci, Romain Taofifenua, Sekou Macalou, Teddy Iribaren, Anthony Bouthier.
Original source: https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/07/12/five-changes-for-france-ahead-of-second-test/
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Saturday, July 10, 2021
British and Irish Lions: Finn Russell's tour may be over admits Gatland
Scotland fly-half Finn Russell may be forced home from the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa with an Achilles tear admits head coach Warren Gatland.
Original source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/57792507
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Lachlan Swinton doesn’t deserve his hot-headed reputation
Everything is so serious nowadays.
COVID vaccinations! Death from sugar! Contact sport! The risk of living is suddenly so real and so great, there just isn’t enough cotton wool in the world to go round, and global warming has caused the shortage.
The fact that Lachlan Swinton has been so harshly judged and branded before turning 24 years old says more about society today than about him.
Virtue signalling has become such a trendy pastime that we have lost perspective when it comes to concussion in sport, and we have vilified players like Swinton when the game these days needs more of them.
Let’s be clear. Swinton is not a thug or mindless and uncontrollable perpetrator of violence. He’s a young man trying to forge a reputation who has made a few stupid mistakes.
Swinton hasn’t dropped an elbow into the nose of a defenceless Paul Carozza like Richard Loe did. He didn’t try to eat All Black ears like Johan le Roux either.
Sure, Loe and Le Roux are pretty nasty acts to follow, but brain explosions and dirtiness aren’t just limited to villains of the peace like those two.
Buck Shelford is an all-time great, spoken about in the same reverent tones as Richie McCaw. Known as much for his courage and skill, Shelford’s hardman reputation was secured before the 1987 World Cup triumph, when he had his scrotum stitched during a Test in France a year earlier.
But even Shelford had a few brain explosions. In the 1987 Rugby World Cup semi-final against Wales, for example, he came to the defence of lock Gary Whetton and knocked out Huw Richards with a single blow. When Richards came to, the Welsh lock was the one sent off. Shelford played on and eventually was knighted by the Queen.
Of course Shelford played in a different time, well before the sport became professional and medical protocols were developed. So let’s move on to the professional era.
Trevor Brennan of Ireland was so annoying that he even riled Toutai Kefu while playing against the Wallabies in the 1999 World Cup. Brennan and Kefu traded punches before they were warned, Brennan was penalised and the game got going again.
Admittedly, Brennan didn’t escape so lightly in 2007 when he received a life ban, later reduced to five years, for leaping into the crowd and punching an Ulster fan who had allegedly verbally abused Brennan’s mother.
Now that’s certainly hot-headed.
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Brian Lima, another legend of the game, a man whose nickname ‘The Chiropractor’ is still celebrated, absolutely hammered Jonny Wilkinson high in the 2007 World Cup. It was a very similar hit to Swinton’s in the Bledisloe, and after very little deliberation the referee announced play on with a warning to Lima and a penalty given against him.
One of the greatest locks ever to play the game, Bakkies Botha, was yellow carded in his 2002 Test debut against France for stamping, an indiscretion that has nothing to do with timing and was worse than anything Swinton is guilty of on debut or otherwise.
Botha’s long-time teammate Schalk Burger was yellow carded for making contact with a player’s eyes in the second minute of a Lions Test in 2009. Notably that Test came six years after Burger debuted and long after it could be said he was a young man learning his trade, as Swinton is.
So where am I going with this historical comparison of hard men, dirty play, brain snaps and punishment?
First up, Swinton is no Richard Loe, Trevor Brennan or even Bakkies Botha. He’s a kid trying to create a reputation who has so far made too many mistakes.
All of Swinton’s mistakes as far as I can recall are down to timing and an excess of enthusiasm.
His sending-off in Brisbane in 2020 would have been a penalty and earnt a round of applause in 2010. There was no malice or intention, just as there was no malice or intention from Brian Lima when he caught Wilkinson high.
Swinton’s cleanout of Lachlan Boshier late in the Waratahs loss to the Chief’s last month was more stupid than dangerous. Boshier looked up unhurt and was probably as curious as all of us about whether the glancing contact with his chin would rub Swinton out.
It wasn’t like Botha’s yellow card for stamping when he debuted. It didn’t involve Burger-esque contact with the eyes. Yet Swinton is pilloried.
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And that brings me to my next point: why are we so sanctimonious these days? We seem to enjoy signalling our virtue so much.
These sure seem to be the years of living dangerously, of our every action being a risk to life and limb. Has the risk of living, the risk of playing rugby, suddenly quadrupled in the last five, ten, 20 years?
The obvious answer is no, it hasn’t. But you’d think it by the way we talk.
The hashtag brigade are pretty good at whipping up fear and blowing up any semblance of balanced debate. If it is so simple to decide where lines are drawn and the repercussions for crossing them, why not welcome dissenting opinions?
An element of total risk aversion and sanitisation that has crept through society and in my view is poisoning rugby.
We hear so much from a handful of concussion campaigners and not so much from those who have different perspectives on how risk management may be implemented. Why not?
I’m already bracing for the outraged reaction to this article. People who don’t toe the line with the same opinions we see on social media are automatically abused or, worse, accused of being callous.
Don’t I respect science? Don’t I care about player welfare? Don’t I care about kids welfare?
Of course I do.
But with all the hysteria and vitriol surrounding issues like concussion in sport, the debate lacks a diversity of opinion.
Oscar Wilde said that diversity of opinion shows that work is new, vital and complex. Mark Twain noted, “It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races”.
Is rugby really so much more dangerous than it was ten years ago? If it really is, and I have my doubts, then we need an appropriate and balanced approach to minimising risk.
We seem to have gone from awarding penalties and playing on to issuing red cards willy-nilly, ruining the reputations of young players who would have been celebrated in the not distant past.
Swinton is more a victim of our hyperbole than his own hot-headedness.
Original source: https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/07/11/lachlan-swinton-doesnt-deserve-his-hot-headed-reputation/
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Friday, July 9, 2021
British and Irish Lions: Anthony Watson to start against Sharks
England's Anthony Watson will make his first start of the British and Irish Lions tour when they face the Sharks on Saturday.
Original source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/57781789
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Lions tour faces more upheaval
The British and Irish Lions tour faces more upheaval after coach Warren Gatland revealed that next week’s opponents could swap places to give South Africa more time to overcome their coronavirus outbreak.
Fresh from seeing the Bulls replaced by the Sharks for Saturday’s fixture at Loftus Versfeld, plans are having to be revised for matches five and six of their tour.
Instead of facing South Africa A on Wednesday and the Stormers three days later, they are set to trade slots as the Springboks look to halt the spread of coronavirus through their camp.
The Lions depart for Cape Town on Sunday and Gatland also indicated that the final two Tests are highly likely to be moved from Johannesburg to the coastal city that hosts the series opener on July 24.
“We’re not 100 per cent sure who the opposition is going to be next week, so it’s a little bit difficult to plan too far ahead,” Gatland said.
“It’ll either be the Springboks A or the Stormers. They might switch those games around.
“That hasn’t been confirmed. Hopefully in the next 24 hours we’ll know which way those games go.
“I’m pretty sure the second and third Tests will be played in Cape Town. That’s my understanding at the moment.
“Until they give us 100 per cent confirmation we just have to wait and see. I think they’re definitely going to be in Cape Town.”
(Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
The Lions have been cleared to face the Sharks for the second time in four days after the player who tested positive on Wednesday returned two successive negatives, enabling him and his close contacts to leave isolation.
However, the touring party faces being split as the unnamed member of the management team who was infected remains in quarantine along with his close contacts, made up of one player and three staff.
When the Lions leave for Cape Town, the five will be left behind in Johannesburg until they are able to follow the main group out of Gauteng.
Jamie George has been named captain of the side that will meet the Sharks, 14 of whom must back up after Wednesday’s 54-7 win at Emirates Airline Park.
George becomes the first Englishman to lead the Lions since Phil Vickery in 2009 and the first ever Red Rose hooker to secure the honour. The 30-year-old Saracen insists the difficulties facing the tourists have had a galvanising effect.
“The last week or so has been relatively different but I’ve been so impressed with the boys,” George said.
“I just feel like whatever hostility comes our way, it manages to bring the group closer together and you saw that in the way that the guys on Wednesday night fronted up.
“Preparations haven’t been ideal for Saturday, but at the same time if you were at our team run today (Friday) you’d be pretty excited about what’s going to come on.”
Gareth Davies and Dan Biggar were the intended halfbacks for the first meeting until they were forced to quarantine but they start at Loftus Versfeld, with Davies and wing Anthony Watson making their first starts of the tour.
Only Elliot Daly and Duhan van der Merwe are retained from the XV scrambled together on Wednesday.
Original source: https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/07/10/lions-tour-faces-more-upheaval/
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How to Start a Keto Diet
How to Start With the Keto Diet
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Finally, when you're starting out on a ketogenic diet, you must prepare for the keto flu. When you first cut back on carbohydrates, your body will experience some changes as it adjusts to your lifestyle.
One possible change is the keto flu, an umbrella term for the flu-like symptoms you may encounter like fatigue or mental fogginess. Usually these symptoms only last a short while, but it is best to be prepared.
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The other ruled me videos and check out the wealth of information on our website ruled dot me. So you're, ready to adapt to a ketogenic diet to lose weight and improve your health. You've, come to the right place, making any big lifestyle or diet changes can be challenging, especially at first.
There are a lot of new routines to learn and old habits to unlearn, but we've, seen over and over again with the people in the ruled meat community that over time, keto becomes the new normal and the dramatic results are so worth it.
What's, the best way to get started with a ketogenic diet? Here we'll outline three steps to keto success, but first let's, define what a keto diet is simply put. It is a high fat, low, carb low to moderate protein diet by drastically restricting carbohydrates in your diet, the body will enter and sustain ketosis a metabolic state where the body burns a highly efficient alternative fuel called ketones.
Not only does the keto diet help with weight loss, but current research also indicates that it can help to improve health conditions like heart, disease type, 2, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. To start your keto journey off on the right foot here are our top three key pieces of advice, eat the right.
Foods eat the right amount of those foods and prepare for the keto flu. Let's start with food. Your goal on a consistent basis is to replace carb heavy foods with keto friendly foods. This will help you eat fewer calories than before and help jump-start and sustain ketosis.
You will need to focus on meat, high fat, dairy and healthy oils, leafy green and above-ground vegetables. Nuts and seeds, avocado, berries and keto approved sweeteners. You'll need to entirely avoid grains sugar, fruit and starchy vegetables for more info, see our video keto cooking keto food list for plenty more information on what to eat and what not to eat.
On keto, you'll, be relying a lot more on home-cooked food than packaged processed or prepared foods. It's. Important to note that you, don't have to figure out how to do this on your own. There are so many resources on ruled me, including meal plans, shopping lists, budget, breakdowns and recipes will teach you to avoid common pitfalls, how to read labels and nutritional information and which keto foods can be swapped and substituted for foods that are off-limits.
You might be surprised how many things like bread, pasta, cookies and ice cream. You can still enjoy if you just learn how to make them keto friendly it's, not just eating the right foods, though, that is the foundation of the diet.
You must also learn how much to eat which brings us to our second point. A keto diet can help you to restrict your calorie intake in a slow and steady way, which leads to long-term weight loss, but it can be hard to do this if you're, not carefully tracking what you eat, one way to figure out how Much you should be eating on a keto diet is to check on your progress every few weeks and adjust accordingly.
If you're, not seeing the results you want, you can also use the ruled meat keto calculator, which we find to be a more precise method. You'll also need to track your macronutrients or macros. Those are fats, carbs and protein, which need to be kept in careful balance to keep your body in ketosis.
As a general rule, we recommend eating below 35 grams of carbs a day and aiming to get 70 % of your calories from fat and 25 % from protein. The keto calculator can help you dial in exactly what to be aiming for each day and will keep you on track for a deeper dive into macros check out our video macros and keto calculator.
Finally, when you're starting out on a ketogenic diet, you must prepare for the keto flu. When you first cut back on carbohydrates, your body will experience some changes as it adjusts to your lifestyle.
One possible change is the keto flu, an umbrella term for the flu-like symptoms you may encounter like fatigue or mental fogginess. Usually these symptoms only last a short while, but it is best to be prepared.
You will need to drink more water, increase your sodium potassium and magnesium intake and eat more fat, especially MCTS. Most importantly check in with yourself from time to time to monitor the changes in your body composition and how you feel to be sure that the ketogenic diet is the right choice for you for more info on keto be sure to watch.
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