Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions

[Kruse]

@MrDenmore said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

It looks like the Maori spent 60 hours practising the haka and a few minutes after lunch catching balls.

It really doesn't seem like catching balls was anything they spent even a few minutes doing.

[Wreck Diver]

@chimoaus HAHAHAH

[Virgil]

Who would have thought at the start of the tour that the 2 biggest fizzers would be the Crusaders and Maori. Yet 2 of the most impressive performances would be from the barbarians and the blues

[kev]

At this level you need accuracy. All the small mistakes give away territory.

[Wreck Diver]

@chimoaus That's the quote of the day

[Crash]

Fuck the ABs better have a plan for getting some decent ball and keeping it away from the Lions pack

[akan004]

Agree with TJ. The Lions ball control has been unbelievably good in wet conditions. Long term forecast for next Saturday is for a wet night as well.

[kev]

@Billy-Tell Charlie has been good

[hydro11]

What has the territory been in the second half?

[taniwharugby]

@Crash said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

Fuck the ABs better have a plan for getting some decent ball and keeping it away from the Lions pack

I expect catching the ball will go a long way to achieving that

[Virgil]

@hydro11 said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

What has the territory been in the second half?

All of it.

[kiwiinmelb]

Marshall stop sucking off the lions

[ACT Crusader]

@kev said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Billy-Tell Charlie has been good

Charlie who?

[KiwiMurph]

@akan004 a long range weather forecast for Auckland is pretty pointless. If you dont like the weather just wait half an hour.

[hydro11]

Maori AB's have had 7% territory in the second half. SEVEN.

[taniwharugby]

@Virgil said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@hydro11 said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

What has the territory been in the second half?

All of it.

Wrong....was only 87%

[hydro11]

Sky says 13% but ESPN says just 7%.

[Stargazer]

What surprises me most is that the coaches waited so long to make changes. I'd have taken Dmac off much sooner (or make the moves I suggested earlier).

[MiketheSnow]

Two tennets of rugby shone through today

1 The ball will always travel faster than the man
On the plus side, the Lions have kicked deep and chased well.
Unfortunately we can't put men in space by letting the ball do the work

2 You can't play without the ball
Lions have been excellent

[Gunner]

@taniwharugby said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Crash said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

Fuck the ABs better have a plan for getting some decent ball and keeping it away from the Lions pack

I expect catching the ball will go a long way to achieving that

Exactly.

Sure the Lions have played relatively error free, strangling rugby, it's nothing the ABs can't deal with.
The Maori having great big tits for hands doesn't make the Lions any more of a threat than they were before this game.