Brumbies v Lions

[Crucial]

The Brumbies halfback is so shit. He makes it so obvious which way he is passing that the whole defence can go that side. mind you his team doesn't seem to give him options either.

[Crucial]

Both of these teams are trying to play at a skill level they don't possess. Lions do not deserve their high standing in the comp based on this showing.

[Stargazer]

Brumbies dominating possession and territory during most of the first half but only 3 points; mostly due to poor decision-making.

[Crucial]

What a cripple fight! I thought the weaknesses would be in defence but neither team is capable of troubling a defence in the first place.
Had a look at TSF tipping and no one has picked either of these sides as lowest scorer

[pukunui]

@Crucial said in Brumbies v Lions:

The Brumbies halfback is so shit. He makes it so obvious which way he is passing that the whole defence can go that side. mind you his team doesn't seem to give him options either.

Such a punchable face too

[Chris B.]

Brumbies playing with quite a lot of endeavour, but managing to cock up lots of promising moves with errors and bad decisions.

WTF was that attempted grubber a few minutes before halftime? That was never going to work.

They should really be comfortably ahead.

[Damo]

@Crucial said in Brumbies v Lions:

The Brumbies halfback is so shit. He makes it so obvious which way he is passing that the whole defence can go that side. mind you his team doesn't seem to give him options either.

The 9 isn't great but the worst player on the field is the Brumbies 10. Awful player, at least tonight.

Couldn't they find a better poach than him?

[Crucial]

That Lions player had some toe. Just kept going and going. Piss poor cover defence by the Brumbies though. No one there.

[Crucial]

Come on Brumbies. Converted try, call it a draw and we can all move on.

[Crucial]

Shit these Brumbies are rubbish! What has happened to Kurandrani? There was a short time where he looked like he was going to be a Mortlock type midfield handful but has massively regressed.

[Stargazer]

This game also shows that the Lions are clearly not as good as last year. They will be beatable, even at home. The hardest thing about playing them at home - just like the Stormers- will be the travel. Hopefully, the Sharks will play one of these teams in the QF.

[Stargazer]

At least, the Lions don't get a bonus point. That's about the only positive I've got to say about this game.

[Damo]

Brumbies are appalling. Australian rugby is in a dreadful state.

[African Monkey]

@Stargazer To be fair to them, most sides that have played the Brumbies have been dragged down to the Brumbies level of play. They're at the end of a 3 match road trip and have won all 3 so they can be happy with that.

[pukunui]

#cutaustralia

[Stargazer]

@African-Monkey Uhm, yeah, well, the other two wins on the road were against the Rebels and the Force. Sure they can be happy with the points, but those points mean nothing if they have to play stronger NZ teams in the finals.

[Bovidae]

I wasn't going to waste my time watching the game but what I really want to know is:

What was Larkham's excuse for losing this match? I'm sure he thought that the Brumbies were the better team.

[Unco]

3 wins. 7 losses. Home quarter finalist.