The Lions Squad - 18th March

The Six Nations is now over. So here's the 37 I'd take...

September - October - November - Didn't do one in December - January - February

1. Gethin Jenkins
2. Richard Hibbard
3. Adam Jones
4. Richie Gray
5. Jim Hamilton
6. Sam Warburton
7. Justin Tipuric
8. Ben Morgan

9. Mike Phillips
10. Dan Biggar
11. George North
12. Jamie Roberts
13. Brian O'Driscoll
14. Alex Cuthbert
15. Leigh Halfpenny

16. Rory Best
17. Ryan Grant
18. Dan Cole
19. Alun Wyn Jones
20. Chris Robshaw
21. Ben Youngs
22. Owen Farrell
23. Manu Tuilagi

24. Paul James
25. Mike Ross
26. Ken Owens
27. Ian Evans
28. Joe Launchbury
29. Tom Wood
30. Toby Faletau
31. Sean O'Brien
32. Greig Laidlaw
33. Jonathan Sexton
34. Jonathan Davies
35. Gavin Henson
36. Tim Visser
37. Stuart Hogg

A film-isophical post worthy of a better pun

I do not look like this.

I think I always wanted to be into film. It always struck me as the area in which geekiness, a quality I am more than capable of exuding, was most commonly accepted. Not just within the enthusiasts, but from outside. Film is engrained in the public consciousness, and experts are, therefore, looked to for approval. I never intended to become one, and still question whether it's fair for anyone to see me as such. However, just over one year ago I made a significant step forward with the purchase of the rather lovely red piece of plastic portrayed to the left. Since then, I have sat through 134 films with mixed success.

My favourite film, without a doubt, was The Muppets. An exuberant celebration of the human capacity to smile, it's a near-perfect example of how to properly execute a kids' film. "Jokes only the adults will get" is an overrated concept- laughs should be universal. The excuse "The kids enjoyed it" is not good enough, everyone should be swept along. I'm not looking for a Christopher Nolan plot, I'm looking for something that works.