Springboks v British & Irish Lions III
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Great ending.
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It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.
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@sparky said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
French ref having a shocker. Unsurprisingly.
One bad mistake - which didn’t impact the better team winning
Otherwise best refereeing performance in ages
Lions blew it
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@tordah I was sitting here thinking the same thing
@mattasaurus said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
@tordah I was sitting here thinking the same thing
We’ll see when NZ play SA
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It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.
@tordah said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.
It depends what you are looking for. That was high drama.
The physicality, discipline and steel of the Springboks is frankly amazing. You might not like how they play. But I doubt they and their supporters care one iota.
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@mattasaurus said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
@tordah I was sitting here thinking the same thing
We’ll see when NZ play SA
@mikethesnow I thought abs Aussies were poor last night too
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Williams cost the Lions the series by not passing to an unmarked man in the 1st half. I don't think the Boks would have been able to come back from a 14 point deficit.
@akan004 said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
Williams cost the Lions the series by not passing to an unmarked man in the 1st half. I don't think the Boks would have been able to come back from a 14 point deficit.
I’ve been waiting for this
Curry should have been substituted at 40 mins in 1st Test and stood down thereafter.
If you watch it back, Curry gave away needless penalties at critical times which were far more instrumental in the BIL loss.
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It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.
@tordah said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.
It's the constantly nagging the Ref, more medics on the field than in the local hospital, cynical attempts to get penalties, stoppages, coaches playing stupid mind-games which is ruining the game for me.
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I’m convinced that Russell was told to wise up at half-time and play the game plan and in the second half he no influence
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Lions blame games for this one are going to be going on for a very long time.
For me, it was always a tour too far for Warren Gatland.
@sparky said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
Lions blame games for this one are going to be going on for a very long time.
For me, it was always a tour too far for Warren Gatland.
100%
Garland 2.0 was needed
