dogmc Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 They made hard work of that. Yep playing for an hour against 14 should have been much easier. Barretts pish goal kicking cost nz 9 points that would have won it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDB Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Interesting reading some of these comments while watching a feed with an all-Kiwi commentary team. They called the red for Sonny Bill straight away and felt that the yellow was fair enough for Vanipulo. They have also said that Murray has been playing well and that his kicking has been a lot more accurate this week. They've also praised Garces and I agree he's had a good game for the most part, applying the law in a more consistent manner than we're used to at all levels of rugby. Good kick by Farrell that time. He's also missed a helluva lot along the way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Itoje MOM by a country mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Itoje MOM by a country mile. Makes the 1st test selection look even dafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Yep playing for an hour against 14 should have been much easier. Barretts pish goal kicking cost nz 9 points that would have won it. Weather helped as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieInDundee Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 What a game, fair play for coming back in such a manner despite the ABs relentlessly hammering them early on in the second half, albeit with a man extra.You can't help but feel that in the third test NZ will come out flying and it could be a very, very different outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 And with that goes almost any hope of any Scots even getting the token sub appearance in the third test. On the plus side we have a decider next week to look forward to instead of a dead rubber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Message here is if you go expansive the ABs are vulnerable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 And with that goes almost any hope of any Scots even getting the token sub appearance in the third test. On the plus side we have a decider next week to look forward to instead of a dead rubber. Would be tempted to include Russell but it won't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 This Sky guy asking the questions is an absolute disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, dogmc said: Itoje has been superb. Sinckler should start and for life of me I can't remember Warburton doing anything. Tf been very good too When was Itoje superb? Lions did nothing in the forwards, didn't win a turnover or penalty in the ruck all day. The Lions only looked decent when they went to the backs and exploited the extra space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Message here is if you go expansive the ABs are vulnerable. Was exactly why so many people were aghast at gatland appointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 When was Itoje superb? Lions did nothing in the forwards, didn't win a turnover or penalty in the ruck all day. The Lions only looked decent when they went to the backs and exploited the extra space. Nah itoje was great at line outs carrying tackling and at rucks. Got through more work than either flanker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 The difference in performance from the Lions in the last 20 minutes was incredible. They started going expansive in a last throw of the dice when 9 points down and turned it round: will Gatland have the sense/courage to do so from the start in the last test? Surely to christ he has to leave AWJ out this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 8 minutes ago, dogmc said: Was exactly why so many people were aghast at gatland appointment. Or at least, the way Gatland set out his team to play. The players are, with some obvious exceptions, largely the right ones, but the rugby is so wrong. Can you imagine Townsend, or even Cotter, in charge of that group of players? It could have been so, so good. Instead of Watson having three touches all game, he'd get thirteen. Instead of Murray box kicking like some kind of Rob Andrew automaton, he'd do more of the line breaks that make him so good for Ireland. And, god forbid, a Scottish player might make the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieInDundee Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 That interviewer is an absolute c**t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 That interviewer is an absolute c**t This. The guys a total w**k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7C Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Meh. Could barely scrape together a win against 14. Hope they get utterly destroyed in the decider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 This Sky guy asking the questions is an absolute disgrace. "Mortality beckons". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Or at least, the way Gatland set out his team to play. The players are, with some obvious exceptions, largely the right ones, but the rugby is so wrong. Can you imagine Townsend, or even Cotter, in charge of that group of players? It could have been so, so good. Instead of Watson having three touches all game, he'd get thirteen. Instead of Murray box kicking like some kind of Rob Andrew automaton, he'd do more of the line breaks that make him so good for Ireland. And, god forbid, a Scottish player might make the bench. Eddie jones or schmidt had they fancied it would have been so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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