AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions

[sparky]

ANZ team have been a fucking embarrassment.

[Mr Fish]

That try did not smell right.

[Dodge]

@Mr-Fish said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:

That try did not smell right.

In what way? He clearly grounded it?!

[brodean]

@Mr-Fish said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:

That try did not smell right.

Still HMP is the worst Aussie back I've seen this century.

[sparky]

@Mr-Fish Pollock got the downward pressure.

[nostrildamus]

I think some players have lost their 'journeyman' status tonight. And they're not even going to get that back.

[sparky]

The handling from the team in yellow has been absolutely appalling.

[Kirwan]

last try wins!

[nostrildamus]

For an inside/outside centre, Laumape has a slow pass.

[nostrildamus]

50 seconds for AUNZ to get 49 points. Keep the faith, lads.

[Bones]

Selecting Havili as the captain of a festival team is something else

[Yeetyaah]

Didn't seem like there was even anything wrong with that clean?

[Kirwan]

Man, if they do this again, give them warmup games for the love of god.

[brodean]

They piled on the points after those subs were made shortly after time. They subbed the wrong guys.

[nostrildamus]

The commentator wants the same team format in 4 years to 'keep the tradition alive.' You couldn't make this stuff up.

[nostrildamus]

@brodean said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:

They piled on the points after those subs were made shortly after time. They subbed the wrong guys.

Sounds like the early Foster-coached AB glory days.

[nostrildamus]

What a gripping game. I think I've strangled all the furniture. Off now to reconsider my life choices.

[brodean]

Seems like they forgot a defensive coach on their team. Kiss is not a guy that inspires confidence in the Wallabies future.

[Mr Fish]

@sparky said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:

@Mr-Fish Pollock got the downward pressure.

I'd have to watch again but as I said, it was more that it didn't smell right.

If Pollock hadn't touched it and HMP had gone to ground, I'm confident it would've been ruled that HMP had downwards pressure anyway, which means that regardless of Pollock's hand on the ball, there was downwards pressure from HMP.

Given HMP was the first player to touch the ball, his possession should have taken priority and it should've been ruled that he grounded the ball because he had pressure 'first'.

[Bovidae]

What a letdown this game was. AUNZ looked decent on paper but lacked cohesion.