AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions
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Our 10 is lively, Sotutu and Lam aren't too bad. Shannon looks keen. Stevenson is still avalanches and diamonds. Laumape is as subtle as ever. Our props are pretty aggressive. Locks look a little clumsy.
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@Bones said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@Darth-Sader said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@Bones said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@Darth-Sader said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
If nothing else, this highlights the challenge ahead for the Wallabies. These Lions are looking well drilled, they’ll take points
I can't be sure a jolly against an invitation xv will give the wallabies much pause for thought.
It’s an invitation 15 but very few of them are mugs. The Lions are 17-0 with very little effort
Against a piss up side with probably no combinations that were thrown together this week? Come on man, you can't even compare them to Portugal, let alone an at home Aussie.
I don’t disagree, but Aussie are going to have to be on top of their game to compete
@Darth-Sader said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@Bones said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@Darth-Sader said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@Bones said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@Darth-Sader said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
If nothing else, this highlights the challenge ahead for the Wallabies. These Lions are looking well drilled, they’ll take points
I can't be sure a jolly against an invitation xv will give the wallabies much pause for thought.
It’s an invitation 15 but very few of them are mugs. The Lions are 17-0 with very little effort
Against a piss up side with probably no combinations that were thrown together this week? Come on man, you can't even compare them to Portugal, let alone an at home Aussie.
I don’t disagree, but Aussie are going to have to be on top of their game to compete
Don't make me pull out the Cotton meme...
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Where is our midfield when defending? Is that where the gaps are? Looks like Swiss cheese without the cheese bits.
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Not sure what we're learning here, apart from that invitational XVs belonged to the amateur era.
@sparky said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
Not sure what we're learning here, apart from that invitational XVs belonged to the amateur era.
I see what you’re saying, but rugby is 15 against 15. There’s no combinations, but I would have hoped the Anzacs could keep up a little better. Aside from that, interesting to see how individuals are going… I’m enjoying Frizzell smashing people
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Shannon has been watching Finau smash tackles on 10s without the ball. Done his homework well.
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offside not a thing
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I don’t know if I’m fixating, but Lions players are always in front of the kicker
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Sevu Reece school of tackling
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I think it probably reinforces that if you're going to throw an invitational side together to play the Lions, it needs to be at the start of the tour when the Lions haven't spent much time together either. The NZ Baabaas side did a great job against the Lions in 2017 with nowhere near the quality of players that this AUNZ team has access to.
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Lions far superior, but are they tiring? Running into some big hard bodies.
@nostrildamus All that consumption of ice cream, cookies and pies by the AUNZ XV in the week will mean they are firing on all cylinders in the last ten minutes.
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@NTA said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
David Havili is shit
So we aren't learning anything new
@KiwiMurph said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@NTA said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
David Havili is shit
So we aren't learning anything new
Lam is playing well. Shannon can tackle hard. They've contained Samu well but he still looks good at this level (to me). Our 10 is playing ok methinks, cleaned up a few near disasters.
DH and SS don't look like good selections as potential AB bench prospects. Lam does (but I've said that before). Oh and Fakatava is just passing (plus some kicks earlier) but it's been fast, efficient and accurate.
