Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions
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Hope you didn't take that as smart arse. I was just taking the piss with @Nepia and his love of Hungus Pulu. It was obvious you were talking about a Super rugby jersey but that didn't fit my narrative.
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@Crucial I have mild dyslexia and am not always good at distinguishing between things that are written and things that are intended (esp. jokes, insults and the likes). If you talk to someone, you can hear someone's voice and see facial expressions, which makes things much easier. So if you respond to a comment made by me, but intend to take the piss with someone else, there's a good chance I'll miss that.
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@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
@Crucial I have mild dyslexia and am not always good at distinguishing between things that are written and things that are intended (esp. jokes, insults and the likes). If you talk to someone, you can hear someone's voice and see facial expressions, which makes things much easier. So if you respond to a comment made by me, but intend to take the piss with someone else, there's a good chance I'll miss that.
No probs. We all read things the way we think and get the intentions wrong at times. Just wanted to assure you there was no insult intended.
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@Bovidae said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
Did Guyton play better for the Blues last year than Hall? I thought both were fairly average so l just wondering why Guyton was chosen for the Maori tour ahead of Hall?
Perhaps Bryn discovered he was a Maori.
Both were pretty poor
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The most interesting selection for me is 10 for the Maoris. The conservative option is Black. The foolhardy option is West. The guns blazing option is DMac.
Would like to see an all out "attack mode" backline with
- TTT
- DMac
- Lowe
- Ngatai
- Proctor
- Ioane
- NMS
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@Billy-Tell I thought that NMS looked underdone against the Chiefs. Lowe ran around him a few times with ease. That said, I think they will still select him to start.
TKB will start at halfback.
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@Bovidae said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
The Maori team will be named at 2:30 pm THURSDAY.
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British & Irish Lions
1 Mako Vunipola – Saracens, England, #787
2 Jamie George – Saracens, England, #818
3 Tadhg Furlong – Leinster, Ireland, #817
4 Maro Itoje – Saracens, England, #825
5 George Kruis – Saracens, England, #819
6 Peter O’Mahony (capt) – Munster, Ireland, #833
7 Sean O’Brien – Leinster, Ireland, #796
8 Taulupe Faletau – Bath Rugby, Wales, #779
9 Conor Murray – Munster, Ireland, #790
10 Johnny Sexton – Leinster, Ireland, #791
11 George North – Northampton Saints, England, #792
12 Ben Te’o – Worcester Warriors, England, #815
13 Jonathan Davies – Scarlets, Wales, #778
14 Anthony Watson – Bath Rugby, England, #816
15 Leigh Halfpenny – Toulon, Wales, #775Replacements
16 Ken Owens – Scarlets, Wales, #829
17 Jack McGrath – Leinster, Ireland, #827
18 Kyle Sinckler – Harlequins, England, #814
19 Iain Henderson – Ulster, Ireland, #808
20 Sam Warburton – Cardiff Blues, Wales, #800
21 Greig Laidlaw – Gloucester Rugby, Scotland, #810
22 Owen Farrell – Saracens, England, #780
23 Elliot Daly – Wasps, England, #822 -
That's very close to what I expect as their Test side. Don't expect Mako to start as his scrummaging isn't the best. Itoje hasn't done anything to justify the hype, let alone a Lions Test start. If they're opting for Te'o, they've given up any pretence at guile. I still expect Farrell to start. This could be a banana skin for Sexton.
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So Gatland is reverting to a Saracens tight five.
We'll see who Cooper names in 2 h but based on last year the starting tight five should be obvious.
I expect the Maori to struggle in the scrum against the Lions. Hames will be OK but based on the performance of the Canes scrum the other 3 (Eves, May, Kainga) will be in for a long night. Renata might get in ahead of Kainga. Still, the 2005 Maori team had some issues in the scrum too but still functioned.
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@Bovidae It helped they had Hayman...
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@antipodean And the Lions had Sheridan.
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