Chiefs v B&I Lions

KiwiMurph

Agreed it wasnt a bad watch when you factor in the Chiefs were well down talent wise in this game.

Good to see Nowell show his abilities - as has been suggested on here he's not a traditional winger but dangerous when he pops up.

Impressive display Lions - so excited for Saturday.

Finlay Christie is seriously awesome.

I would like to commend the Chiefs for apparently blacklisting that knob journo Hamish Bidwell - may all other nz franchises follow suit.

Nepia

The Scots must be looking seriously at Christie now.

KiwiPie

@reprobate He really is poor these days. Every Lions break coincided with him being a turnstile.

Not a huge surprise with the result. Lions slightly better than they have been, certainly more fluid. Chiefs the opposite, some awful backline play with passes fired behind the man. Lions dominant in the physical battle which is their strength. Some of the young Chiefs players went OK but as group, far too callow. From a BOP point of view, some experience gained and Tiatia had a few nice touches.

French ref as baffling as ever.

Rapido

The kicking v the Lions rush defence by most teams on this tour has been really ineffective. I think Walden for Highlanders had some success, not much else.

In general. At SR level & the tour, since the Barrett kickpass extravaganza v the stormers the kickpass has been ineffective (or complete stinkers) by all teams.

Wurzel

If you follow a few rugby journos on twitter there's often rumblings about the Chiefs' standover tactics of the media. Good on Liam for not cowering; and poor form from the franchise to deal with it so unprofessionally. They really don't help themselves sometimes.

Nepia

@Wurzel Why don't you tell us the story? I have no idea what you're talking about.

pakman

The supreme irony of this is that the tour schedule has meant that BOTH the Maori AND the Chiefs were neutered. Had Chiefs had Hames/Elliot (starting)/TKB/DMac/Ngatai/Lowe and (possibly) a fresh Messam they'd have had a much better shot.

antipodean

@pakman I don't think the Chiefs get to complain about the schedule. The Lions managed.

Unco

Just got home. Had a feeling that kind of result was coming almost as soon as the squad was named and yeah...

Beaver had the worst game he's played since he came back, TNW is not a centre and the backline as a whole played like the patchwork backline it was. Worst player had to be Polwart though. Fucked up so many lineouts it wasn't funny. Though having said that, I don't think I saw a single straight Lions throw in.

Really looking forward to the ABs sending those pricks packing.

Mokey

Man oh man oh man. So, so disappointed by that game, even with a seriously understrength Chiefs team, they were bad with a few exceptions. The dropped balls, ye gods, and the shite lineouts. Most of the guys looked like the third stringers that they are. The ginge halfback was great though, nippy and fearless.

Also, that dirty Lions munter with the mullet, can fuck right off.

MajorRage

Worst player on the ground was the stadium announcer / dj

Far far far too much music

Unco

@MajorRage said in Chiefs v B&I Lions:

Worst player on the ground was the stadium announcer / dj

Far far far too much music

Yeah, that was fucking awful too. Hate that shit.

booboo

@No-Quarter said in Chiefs v B&I Lions:

Silly mistakes have cost the Chiefs possesion and territory.

Reading through the thread. One of the first in-game posts bears repitition ...

booboo

@No-Quarter said in Chiefs v B&I Lions:

That should really be red, late and no arms. Cheap shot.

Agree entirely. Very lucky not to see Red.

And how did Biggar not see yellow?

Weak by the ref

booboo

@Rapido said in Chiefs v B&I Lions:

Turning down the 3. We are dumb.

Maul easily sacked. Scrum humiliated.
Even dumber, too arrogant , these chump franchise teams. Can't tell the difference between a Cheetah, Jaguare and a Lion.

This also bears repitition.

Rapido's post was about an earlier declined shot but the turnaround from 20-9 to 27-6 was the ending of the contest.

Kicking to the corner just seems such a low percentage option.

Rugby remains a simple game and you've got to take the points when they're on offer.

booboo

@Donsteppa said in Chiefs v B&I Lions:

Hika must have really annoyed Rennie...

This.

Was going to say that Hika must REALLY be the fluffiest of bunnies.

Was really good when he came on.

Either that or Rennie really didn't care about this game and used it mainly for development (hence no Dmac, Ngatai, Lowe etc)

booboo

@Donsteppa said in Chiefs v B&I Lions:

For all Gatland's bleating, the Lions are pretty good at obstructing around the breakdown too...

Hell yeah

booboo

@Pot-Hale said in Chiefs v B&I Lions:

Scrum-half - check
Yappy - check
Red hair - check
Must be Scottish - check

These project players... tsk, tsk.

Very impressive the young fulla.

How long does he sit in the queue before being offered a test cap by the Jocks?

booboo

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Chiefs v B&I Lions:

I am bloody nervous about these French refs in the tests. They don't seem to red the Lions much at all.

Agreed

Was getting wound up during the game about it. Certainly seemed to have an inherent bias in his rulings. Perhaps based on what he thought should happen.

The Silver Fern

Chiefs v B&I Lions