All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3
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Read looks shattered.
As far as wake up calls go it's better than a RWC exit I suppose. Hopefully same effect so that's something.
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On the other hand, shit selections made for a shit backline. Hansen has been there a long time ...
@Tim said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
On the other hand, shit selections made for a shit backline. Hansen has been there a long time ...
Fail mark for the All Blacks brain trust across the board for the last two tests. Selections, strange substitutions, and basic skills regressing.
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@Gunner said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Fucking fluffybunny piece of shit asshole ref.
That is a penalty 100 times out of 100 every other time.
Would that even go upstairs in the first minute of the game, no fucking way.Fuck off you fucking frog fluffybunny!
Did they go up for the offside pen, though? I thought they went to check whether Read took Williams out in the air (he didn't, clearly), and then reviewed the offside whilst they were there.
@Disgusted-of-TW yeah was plenty of gesturing about that.
WOnder if KAino will get cited?
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Rubbish end to a nerve-wracking game. Very poor call from Poite.
But far, far too many errors from the All Blacks. And penalties.
GAH.
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@rotated said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Here comes the BS. Same as Cardiff, just because the ABs weren't perfect doesn't mean a blatant poor decision didn't decide the game in the last 10.
Sure but you have to keep it in perspective and focus on the other things too. We can't control the referee.
@hydro11 said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@rotated said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Here comes the BS. Same as Cardiff, just because the ABs weren't perfect doesn't mean a blatant poor decision didn't decide the game in the last 10.
Sure but you have to keep it in perspective and focus on the other things too. We can't control the referee.
Like the fight game, don't leave it in the judges hands.
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@Disgusted-of-TW yeah was plenty of gesturing about that.
WOnder if KAino will get cited?
@taniwharugby Hope not. What purpose would it serve to cite Kaino? YC was harsh, arguably fair (I thought pen would have been enough), but it was dealt with on the pitch, no one died, series is over.
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We made too many mistakes, they made all their kicks, Beaudy missed a couple, Lions defence was good and negated our backline pretty well, Lions have little adventure in their backline but played to a game plan and their strength, our forwards were not as dominant and those Frenchies.
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@hydro11 said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@rotated said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Here comes the BS. Same as Cardiff, just because the ABs weren't perfect doesn't mean a blatant poor decision didn't decide the game in the last 10.
Sure but you have to keep it in perspective and focus on the other things too. We can't control the referee.
Like the fight game, don't leave it in the judges hands.
@MiketheSnow We could have put it away in the 1st 40, but our backline execution was horrendous.
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@Virgil said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Shows how much we have missed Ben Smith not too mention Crotty
I'd agree with that. Still can't understand why Crotty was left out if he was running freely
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Sam Warburton is so fucking classy with his post match comments. Damn him, I want to hate him right now.
@Mokey said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Sam Warburton is so fucking classy with his post match comments. Damn him, I want to hate him right now.
Both captains - masterclasses of humility and grace in interviews straight after an intense match, with their emotions obviously warring within. Read - perhaps not a great captain on the pitch, but he's a fucking class-act on interview-camera.
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@Mokey said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Sam Warburton is so fucking classy with his post match comments. Damn him, I want to hate him right now.
Both captains - masterclasses of humility and grace in interviews straight after an intense match, with their emotions obviously warring within. Read - perhaps not a great captain on the pitch, but he's a fucking class-act on interview-camera.
@Kruse said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@Mokey said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Sam Warburton is so fucking classy with his post match comments. Damn him, I want to hate him right now.
Both captains - masterclasses of humility and grace in interviews straight after an intense match, with their emotions obviously warring within. Read - perhaps not a great captain on the pitch, but he's a fucking class-act on interview-camera.
And with the interviewer obviously needling him, trying to get a comment about that last penalty... he kept it inside.
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Exhausted, and all I've done is sit on the sofa yelling at the tv and drinking beer
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ABs lost that far more than we scraped a draw.
Gatland luckiest bloke alive.
ABs carved us up but weren't accurate. Very NHesque.
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Exhausted, and all I've done is sit on the sofa yelling at the tv and drinking beer
@Stockcar86 said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Exhausted, and all I've done is sit on the sofa yelling at the tv and drinking beer
Amen to that!
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ABs lost that far more than we scraped a draw.
Gatland luckiest bloke alive.
ABs carved us up but weren't accurate. Very NHesque.
Should have been a bigger margin than the 1st Test.@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
ABs lost that far more than we scraped a draw.
Gatland luckiest bloke alive.
ABs carved us up but weren't accurate. Very NHesque.
Should have been a bigger margin than the 1st Test.That's what pressure does though. It's been a while since this All Black team faced a game like this and they didn't cope well.
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@Tordah said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
ABs skills let them down for once. Should have won it in the first half.
Exactly. The commentators failed to call this for whatever reason. The amount of chances that we blew was ridiculous. Feels terrible to give away a drawn series to that lot. Not because they weren't boody brilliant, but their cynical play at line out and around the rucks really was annoying. And of course Gatland as well.
