All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3

[mimic]

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

@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

I dunno about that. JB was great at the back taking the high balls..

I don't think Crotty or Smith would've helped with all the knock ons..

[rotated]

@MiketheSnow said in [All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3]

Like the fight game, don't leave it in the judges hands.

While a glib comment like that may sound witty there are numerous fights where boxers have been hit after the bell or nut shots have gone unpunished and heavily altered the fight.

So yes, don't leave it in the judges hands but if a referee allows a flurry of punches after the 7th round bell sounds which alters the fight - the response shouldn't be "you had 7 rounds to finish him, shut up and take it".

[SimonAdd_2]

Nice to see HIAs are still a joke. Alun Wyn Jones was spark out from the Kaino challenge, yet allowed to return to the field.

[chimoaus]

I'm unhappy with that decision however it should never have come to that. We can only blame ourselves. Credit to the Lions for their D and good goal kickers.

[Donsteppa]

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

World rugby's biggest game advertisement in the fallow years between world cups and is influenced by an insecure refereeing system but the gin swillers will be reminding themselves "controversy lasts far longer in the advertiser's eye than a pure spectacle, and think of the clicks we'll get!"

Even the perpetrator knew he was offside playing at the ball!

Still our beloved team only really have themselves to blame

Taking nothing away from the Lions who will take more pride than us over the drawn series.

It was a great series and none of us predicted it thus.

one question though:

Did it feel lucky to draw that?

honest question from an unquestionably biased kiwi

I do have a strong feeling of relief...

[Crash]

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

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

@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

I dunno about that. JB was great at the back taking the high balls..

I don't think Crotty or Smith would've helped with all the knock ons..

They might have added some stability though when the pressure came on

[pukunui]

Fucking disgrace. I thought it couldn't get any worse than last weeks deciding penalty but that was a complete farce.

Fully expect WR to stay completely silent.

[akan004]

A dropkick at the end would have been nice, but I can't blame them for going wide when it looked like Jordie had the space.

[rotated]

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

Fucking disgrace. I thought it couldn't get any worse than last weeks deciding penalty but that was a complete farce.

Fully expect WR to stay completely silent.

You make a good point re: last week I don't know why the set piece off the lineout wasn't Dagg jumping into the defensive line?

[No Quarter]

Read and Warburton should have an arm wrestle to settle it.

[Sapetyvi]

I have to admire the class of you people here, I mean I have zero emotional attachment to the All Blacks and was going absolutely bonkers on that accidental offside.

Then to come here and find out people are acting in a civil manner. Hats off

[kiwiinmelb]

I think it's fair to say , we are not quite there yet ,

Not with that team anyway

[akan004]

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

Fucking disgrace. I thought it couldn't get any worse than last weeks deciding penalty but that was a complete farce.

Fully expect WR to stay completely silent.

Has anybody ever seen a referee change his mind about a penalty from a non foul related incident? First time in history I reckon.

[Virgil]

BB would have missed that penalty kick anyway.

[Stockcar86]

Fuck I want to slap that smirk off Gatlands face

[akan004]

@kiwiinmelb Yeah. The first 20 of the 2nd half definitely showed that.

[Siam]

@akan004 said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

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

Fucking disgrace. I thought it couldn't get any worse than last weeks deciding penalty but that was a complete farce.

Fully expect WR to stay completely silent.

Has anybody ever seen a referee change his mind about a penalty from a non foul related incident? First time in history I reckon.

yep, I reckon too

[MadGav]

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[chimoaus]

Meanwhile In Sydney the Waratahs are down 10 nil already in front of about 10 people. I'm off to bed, not even sex will make me happy.

[Stargazer]

I don't see what was wrong with the selection. Smith may have been cleared off concussion, but had 3 head knocks already and still has a long time to go this season. Crotty also not back from injury, yet. Coles same same. SBW suspended.

Ioane didn't give any reason last week that he would have done better than Julian Savea. Savea had a great first half. Fekitoa didn't show anything that warranted a start tonight.

There's only one big question for me: why did they persist with BB kicking for goal?

Apart from that, it seemed to me that the ABs, esp. the young ones, were a bit nervous, over-excited etc, which led to too many handling errors.

And that decision from Poite, if he had awarded a penalty, we might have won. Or not. We don't know whether BB would have slotted that penalty, but at least, we would have had a chance.