All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2

hydro11

The frustrating thing is we really should won that game with 20 minutes to go. We just gave away two very sloppy tries. The ease at which they scored was a big concern.

kiwiinmelb

@Tim said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2:

I just hope that we get to see Barrett have 80 mins at 10 next week. Very frustrating watching Cruden there.

All of a sudden it's becoming a delimna, you need a 10 on the bench , and in the modern game , you need to use your bench .
Need another 10 utility

jegga

Fuck we missed Kaino tonight and he's getting on and Luatua is leaving.

Stockcar86

I want to hear Kaplans opinion on that last penalty

Donsteppa

In hindsight, it was wrong to sub Jerome. We needed the extra forward in the tight exchanges, and didn't need the extra back while the weather was worse (the rain easing was an unpredictable bugger). Needed a forward earlier and a back later.

jegga

Btw GFYs SBW

akan004

The idiots running this game should surely use some some common sense and get rid of the bs penalty for tackling a player in the air when he jumps into the tackle. There was nothing Faumaina could have done there.

dingo

Well done Lions but only just..you almost threw away a match against a team you had an extra man against for three quarters of the match but. found just enough in the end.

I think the ABs will be angry in the last match.

Stargazer

I hope for next week that the ABs are really, really angry and sharp as a butcher's knife. Again, the team selection will be interesting.

ACT Crusader

Well done Lions.

Massive effort from their forwards.

Intense match.

kev

On a dry field with 15 we will hold the ball better. We need to stick the cross kick in the bin. Without winning upfront it's a low%.

Wonder if someone will be sited from for the swinging arm that concussed Naholo...

pakman

@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2:

@booboo said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2:

Stomp in there?

Knocked out by a swinging arm. Feck, can't afford injuries.

If the citing commissioner is doing his job SOB will be out next week. Naholo's exit screwed up our six man backline defence.

booboo

Ok. Fuck.

Ref was as random as fuck.

However i can see the rationale for the rc. I disagree with it. He did wrap his left arm. But hey ho you do that you put yourself in the ref's hands.

Couple of high / late shots by both teams on balance the Lions got the rub of that green.

Ref had as much idea about the offside line as Itoje did.

Couple of nice tries by BILs. Very very good.

That last penalty was absolute crap. You can't jump into a pass and be considered "in the air". What about if someone is running and hit at the moment both feet are off the ground? That was crap.

BBs kicking boots ... it was worried about ....

Great D by BILs. Big big tackles.

So to beat the All Blacks you have:

Pray for rain
Play against 14
Get some bullshit calls in your favour
Score a couple of sensational tries
Defend well

Always thought this would be a war and could go either way and full credit ( ) (despite my balanced and reasonable analysis above) to the Lions for coming out on top.

Rancid Schnitzel

We obviously should be immensely proud that they nearly snatched that despite the act of enormous stupidity. But fark I hate to lose.

Took them an age, but the Lions finally used their advantage.

Bring on the decider and lets hope that one will be 15 vs 15.

akan004

@pakman And stomped on at the same ruck as well. It was an accidental stomp but was still a penalty. I was hoping the cameramen would have replayed that play for another two seconds.

SimonAdd_2

Fuck me, the Lions did everything they could to lose that game in the third quarter. Brainless play to continuously give away the pill and a succession of penalties when it looked like all they had to do was keep their composure and they were bound to win.

Got there in the end though, and there were some good performances along the way. Some on here were questioning the Itoje hype earlier in the tour, well I thought he was the best player on the park today. Up against the consensus best lock pairing in the world, he was fantastic. Faletau and Murray excellent too, and the extra width of the Sexton-Farrell pairing helped exploit the man advantage, although it remains to be seen if it would work against 15.

kiwiinmelb

Interesting coaching move by shag after the card ,

Very nearly a piece of genius

Donsteppa

Melodie trying to excuse B Barrett's goal kicking...

booboo

@SimonAdd_2 nup. Didn't see awesomeness fro Itoje. Saw a lot of offside

SammyC

Sonny Bill is a brainless fuckwit

Haven't read the thread but i assume the usual apologists are out in force blaming the ref.

The Silver Fern

All Blacks v BI Lions Test #2