Hurricanes v B&I Lions
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Thought half back play from Canes was poor particularly TTT who was awful, the youngster who came on was a huge improvement. Jane looked so much better than NMS. Don't know which irks me more Poirot or the whining Lion's players, Best and Biggar in particular. Good news is I think the holding onto the ball after penalties will be noted by ref for next week, Loved Laumape, third test perhaps? Jordie blew hot and cold, you would think it opens the door wide for Naholo.
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Throwing the ball away after penalties, diving off their feet at rucks, living offside, not rolling away from the tackled player, spear tackling defenders at the ruck, pulling back players off the ball.
Plenty of examples.@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Throwing the ball away after penalties, diving off their feet at rucks, living offside, not rolling away from the tackled player, spear tackling defenders at the ruck, pulling back players off the ball.
Plenty of examples.In fairness, I think the Lions might have been guilty of one or two of those as well.....
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@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Throwing the ball away after penalties, diving off their feet at rucks, living offside, not rolling away from the tackled player, spear tackling defenders at the ruck, pulling back players off the ball.
Plenty of examples.In fairness, I think the Lions might have been guilty of one or two of those as well.....
@Pot-Hale said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Throwing the ball away after penalties, diving off their feet at rucks, living offside, not rolling away from the tackled player, spear tackling defenders at the ruck, pulling back players off the ball.
Plenty of examples.In fairness, I think the Lions might have been guilty of one or two of those as well.....
How could you tell? Or do the red invisibility cloaks only work on refs?
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Laumape's gotta be on the bench Saturday. Jordie certainly grew into the match, not a bad little debut at 10 for him, seemed to really take charge
@Rembrandt said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Laumape's gotta be on the bench Saturday. Jordie certainly grew into the match, not a bad little debut at 10 for him, seemed to really take charge
Thought he looked good at 10
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Laumape's gotta be on the bench Saturday. Jordie certainly grew into the match, not a bad little debut at 10 for him, seemed to really take charge
@Rembrandt He's good, but doesn't cover wing or fullback. Ioane already covers midfield.
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Throwing the ball away after penalties, diving off their feet at rucks, living offside, not rolling away from the tackled player, spear tackling defenders at the ruck, pulling back players off the ball.
Plenty of examples.@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Throwing the ball away after penalties - both sides
Diving off their feet at rucks - both sides
Living offside - both sides
Not rolling away from the tackled player - both sides
Spear tackling defenders at the ruck - penalised and YC
Pulling back players off the ball - penalised
Coles potential high tackle - noted but not looked at
Barrett leading with the shoulder - missed -
Laumape's gotta be on the bench Saturday. Jordie certainly grew into the match, not a bad little debut at 10 for him, seemed to really take charge
@Rembrandt said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Laumape's gotta be on the bench Saturday. Jordie certainly grew into the match, not a bad little debut at 10 for him, seemed to really take charge
He should be closer in. Not a 15. I may have mentioned that once or twice.
Laumape could cause havoc off the bench.
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What I liked about Jordie at 10 is that his extra height did make a difference with the rushing defence and he was able to make that looping skip pass to the outside channel which did create space.
Long term I think he's a 2nd 5 in my opinion.
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@MN5 they just cry on a forum instead
@taniwharugby said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
@MN5 they just cry on a forum instead
Or from from the commentary box.
Yes. Yes I truely was that offended by Gavin Hastings' ref-blaming crybabyness after the1/4 final.
2 years on ........ I remember! Gav, you fucking disgrace.
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Jordie definitely grew into the match, but he's a long way from being capable of coming off the bench against first tier opposition.
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@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Throwing the ball away after penalties - both sides
Diving off their feet at rucks - both sides
Living offside - both sides
Not rolling away from the tackled player - both sides
Spear tackling defenders at the ruck - penalised and YC
Pulling back players off the ball - penalised
Coles potential high tackle - noted but not looked at
Barrett leading with the shoulder - missed -
@MiketheSnow
It seems you Lions fans don't like being accused of cheating. Funny, your coach seems happy to dish out those sorts of accusations.By the way. Just because cheating gets penalised doesn't mean it's not cheating.
@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
By the way. Just because cheating gets penalised doesn't mean it's not cheating.
Haha, that's what the Aussie fans would say about Richie
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@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Argh! Fuck, what a frustrating game. Canes played like idiots for most of it. How does ben may get paid to play rugby? I don't understand how it is so hard for players to get it through their thick skull that you can't tackle a player in the air. So often you see guys have a brain explosion and half jumping in the air and tackling the other player. TTT was the culpret in this case but there have been a few recently. Fekitoa was one from memory. Just let him land and dig your shoulder into his ribs.
For a guy who just got his ABs spot taken Savea was pretty anonymous. One or two good runs and fuck all else. Get into midfield and show you can bend the line rather than waiting on your wing doing nothing.
NMS had some nice touches but defence was not great. Catching kicks still a worry.In the good column was Laumape and Barrett which is encouraging given one or both are a chance at the test team.
Oh and fuck you Lions you whinging, cheating bunch of chokers.
Chokers? Definitely
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16.7(c) When the ball has been clearly won by a team at a ruck and the ball is available to be played the referee will call "Use it!" after which the ball must be played within five seconds. ...
Five seconds... it seems like an eternity when we're not used to it being used to the limit every single time - but it does seem they're within their rights. Fuckers.
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@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
By the way. Just because cheating gets penalised doesn't mean it's not cheating.
Haha, that's what the Aussie fans would say about Richie
@ACT-Crusader said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
@pukunui said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
By the way. Just because cheating gets penalised doesn't mean it's not cheating.
Haha, that's what the Aussie fans would say about Richie
What do Australians know about rugby?
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Ah, come on Warren, you know what this is"
"I don't know"
"It's a bench! Gah! Don't you even know a bench when you see it?
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Thought half back play from Canes was poor particularly TTT who was awful, the youngster who came on was a huge improvement. Jane looked so much better than NMS. Don't know which irks me more Poirot or the whining Lion's players, Best and Biggar in particular. Good news is I think the holding onto the ball after penalties will be noted by ref for next week, Loved Laumape, third test perhaps? Jordie blew hot and cold, you would think it opens the door wide for Naholo.
@DMX said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
Thought half back play from Canes was poor particularly TTT who was awful, the youngster who came on was a huge improvement. Jane looked so much better than NMS. Don't know which irks me more Poirot or the whining Lion's players, Best and Biggar in particular. Good news is I think the holding onto the ball after penalties will be noted by ref for next week, Loved Laumape, third test perhaps? Jordie blew hot and cold, you would think it opens the door wide for Naholo.
Agree about TTT. The u20 HB looked far and away better so I hope we can sign him as TTT has been tried in a few games and looks at best OK but not much more. whereas K Hauiti-Parapara looks the good
I was also disappointed with Black. Barrett at first is a much better option
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@antipodean So who would be your 23 jersey for Saturday?
@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v B&I Lions:
@antipodean So who would be your 23 jersey for Saturday?
Jordie
