All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3

[chimoaus]

So if you were Shag what would be the game plan and message to the players?

[taniwharugby]

@chimoaus score more points than the opposition, all out attack!

[chimoaus]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

@chimoaus score more points than the opposition, all out attack!

Probably a good chance of winning if you score more points

[booboo]

Aura watch

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/lions-aim-to-exploit-all-blacks-doubt-454233.html

2 × aura
2 x mystiques

Strange sport, rugby. Purveyors of its best brand and keepers of its finest exponents for years, the All Blacks have been able to bestride the global game’s landscape like rugby gods, shrouded in **mystique** and an **aura** of invincibility.

Now  the men in black appear to have lost a touch of their **aura**, and Eden Park’s reputation as a fortress will be a little less intimidating to this super confident pride of Lions.

**Mystique** is definitely not lost. But it’s kind of like how the All Blacks are going into games not worried about the opposition, just going to pick their own team, play their own game and worry about themselves. That’s what we have been doing.

[booboo]

Daily mail invokes aura

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-4623538/New-Zealand-use-Eden-Park-aura-extend-unbeaten-run.html

[taniwharugby]

Former Lions halfback Mike Phillips says the tourists are favourites for Saturday's decider and insists the "wounded" All Blacks can be steamrolled.

"But, for me, the Lions are the favourites. They have the momentum and belief - and these guys are 80 minutes from becoming legends."

[No Quarter]

Excellent work Booboo, great to see Aura coming back strong after the weekends loss. Mystique is a little more of an unknown but in combination with Aura that should be too much for the Lions to handle.

[booboo]

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

Excellent work Booboo, great to see Aura coming back strong after the weekends loss. Mystique is a little more of an unknown but in combination with Aura that should be too much for the Lions to handle.

We are so auragant

[nzzp]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

Former Lions halfback Mike Phillips says the tourists are favourites for Saturday's decider and insists the "wounded" All Blacks can be steamrolled.

"But, for me, the Lions are the favourites. They have the momentum and belief - and these guys are 80 minutes from becoming legends."

Crikey,

how many momentum's and beliefs does it take to equal the aura and mystique? And how do they compare to a pact?

I'm so lost in modern rugby

[booboo]

Sir Clive!

https://mobile.twitter.com/CliveWoodward/status/882483137955086336

[chimoaus]

Don't forget "history" and "fortress" when in Auckland.

[Wreck Diver]

@nzzp you forgot legacy

[kiwiinmelb]

@booboo said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

Sir Clive!

https://mobile.twitter.com/CliveWoodward/status/882483137955086336

Interesting the Nh think this is the first time he has been under pressure, he is under pressure all the time ,
Every year we have must win games , part of being an ab coach and the winning expectation that comes with it , last one was Dublin .

[raznomore]

Woodwards tweet shows how at least on Englishman doesn't understand NZ rugby and why we are who we are and perhaps they are who they are. As already said - the pressure is always on. Always.

[taniwharugby]

yep, Dublin last year, a couple of return matches with Aus after they beat us, 2015 RWC semi & final, pressure isnt new to these guys, well most of them anyway.

[Unite]

Bit quiet on here...match eve and all that.

Shit load of Lions fans in Auckland.

[mariner4life]

I'm drinking a bottle of wine and watching Pirates of the Caribbean with my boys, relaxed as fuck.

We'll win, and when we look objectively, it will be viewed as one of the best given the players available and the level of the opposition.

[booboo]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

I'm drinking a bottle of wine and watching Pirates of the Caribbean with my boys, relaxed as fuck.

We'll win, and when we look objectively, it will be viewed as one of the best given the players available and the level of the opposition.

Am nervous as fuck ...

Crows conceded a goal just before the half time siren to put it within 3 ...

Pirates though ... excellent choice

[reprobate]

i reckon laumape might just have a stormer.

[TeWaio]

For the first time in my life I have bet against the ABs as an emotional hedge. Sold the ABs points handicap @ +12.5. I feel dirty.