{"id":166370,"date":"2025-06-08T01:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T01:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/166370\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T01:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T01:08:08","slug":"soft-four-lions-hopefuls-who-flopped-for-their-teams-this-weekend-page-2-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/166370\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Soft&#8221; &#8211; Four Lions hopefuls who flopped for their teams this weekend &#8211; Page 2 of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JVP\u2019s rollercoaster continues. One minute, he\u2019s laying on a sublime assist for Radwan, the next he\u2019s throwing an interception straight from a scrum. <\/p>\n<p>Leicester fans will remember the highs; Farrell will be stuck on the lows. An electric but erratic display. When the Lions call, they want certainty \u2014 not chaos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 3\/10<\/strong><br \/>Nicky Smith took him to school at scrum time \u2014 and this wasn\u2019t a gentle lesson. Sale\u2019s platform collapsed under the pressure, and the tighthead was at the heart of it. <\/p>\n<p>Some nice footwork in open play, but that\u2019s not why tightheads get paid. Big talent, but brutally exposed. <\/p>\n<p>A long way from Lions standard on this showing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quiz: Name these 10 retro rugby players #2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re over 30 and can\u2019t name these iconic rugby stars from the 2000s, we have to ask: were you really paying attention? Back by popular demand, it\u2019s time for part two of our nostalgic quiz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From stunning tries to unforgettable moments\u2014and yes, some hairstyles we\u2019d rather forget\u2014these players were at the heart of rugby\u2019s golden era. If the names don\u2019t come flooding back, it might be time to fire up YouTube and relive the magic.<\/p>\n<p>Think you\u2019ve got what it takes to ace this one? Let\u2019s find out. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers) Rating: 5\/10 JVP\u2019s rollercoaster continues. One minute, he\u2019s laying on a sublime assist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-166370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}