Blues v BI Lions

[KiwiMurph]

@Chris-B. Yeah credit to Collins - that's about his peak performance - and that's all you can ask for. He made 0 errors which was great Well done that man.

A few other Blues also played to their peak. Pulu for example made very few errors. His passing isn't the best but overall he played at his best.

Not known for being a team to go 80 mins seeing the likes of Luatua, Akira and SBW emptying the tank and playing with so much energy late in the game was impressive.

[SammyC]

Itoje and Marlor carried on like complete piston wristed gibbons, hopefully both of them get put in their place by the end of the tour.

[Mokey]

Did you guys see the Rugby Heaven op ed slamming the Blues haka as inappropriate and disrespectful in light of the London attacks?

[antipodean]

@Mokey

[Tim]

https://gfycat.com/SoulfulShamefulCero

[dogmeat]

Great work but man that was a try butchered

[No Quarter]

@antipodean said in Blues v BI Lions:

@Mokey

The people that write drivel like this are a scourge on humanity.

[Tim]

Lets not ruin my greatest day with shitty clickbait.

[Tim]

@dogmeat I'm not convinced that pass was thrown forward.

[Frye]

@Tim said in Blues v BI Lions:

@dogmeat I'm not convinced that pass was thrown forward.

Yeah I agree.

And "butchered" is not the correct word anyway, there wasn't an overlap, Reiko ran through 3 guys.

[dogmeat]

@Tim I'm not convinced it was either and I've looked at it numerous times to try and determine.

However it was marginal enough to get called and if butchered was an exaggeration I still think pass and draw was a better option.

[Tim]

[antipodean]

people who film in portrait mode should be rounded up and placed in re-education camps.

[Tim]

@antipodean NZRU in action.

[Virgil]

@Mokey said in Blues v BI Lions:

Did you guys see the Rugby Heaven op ed slamming the Blues haka as inappropriate and disrespectful in light of the London attacks?

Yup, what a wankpuffin.

[Stargazer]

Sumo was quick to respond on Twitter:

[Tim]

Full game. This link should start at the not-forward pass from West:

[Stargazer]

@Tim It starts at the beginning. Which minute of the game or the video?

[Tim]

@Stargazer 1:21:42

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@Tim said in Blues v BI Lions:

Is that Parson's? Didn't recognise him without the headgear.

I saw the Lions vs Qld 4 years ago and they certainly looked in much better nick than this lot. Then again the Lions had North and the Reds had Kwade.

What I found quite heartening for the ABs was that the Blues weren't bashed around and pretty much held their own physically. My greatest fear before the tests is the Lions outmuscling us.

So, how many of these Lions will make the starting team? I wasn't at all impressed with the backrow and am even more glad they decided to leave Van Der Flier home even if he was short of a gallop.