All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1
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@Nepia said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Marty said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Good article from the42.ie below. Beats the hell out of anything the MSM prepare here.
Analysis: What will the first Test between the Lions and All Blacks look like?
Murray Kinsella takes a look at the key areas in today’s clash at Eden Park.
Always enjoy analysis from the42.ie but here, apart from grudging acknowledgement that Mike Cron is a good scrum technician, they seem to have fallen down the "All Blacks set piece is a weakness" rabbit hole. I reckon the AB eight will be angry, will front in a big way tonight and it will be an absolutely brutal confrontation for the first 30 mins.
Maybe. He's pretty balanced, and the NH do tend to optimise for set piece battles. By comparison,, we prefer our tight 5 a bit lighter and more mobile.
Expect something like the 2005 1st test. Epic confrontation up front all day ... can't wait.
.... I don't find them hugely balanced.
Let's b ehonest, everyone else who puts up video analysis is so far from the centre they live with the marxists. He's biased, but not horribly (GAGR I'm looking at you)
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ABs by 20.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Marty said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Good article from the42.ie below. Beats the hell out of anything the MSM prepare here.
Analysis: What will the first Test between the Lions and All Blacks look like?
Murray Kinsella takes a look at the key areas in today’s clash at Eden Park.
Always enjoy analysis from the42.ie but here, apart from grudging acknowledgement that Mike Cron is a good scrum technician, they seem to have fallen down the "All Blacks set piece is a weakness" rabbit hole. I reckon the AB eight will be angry, will front in a big way tonight and it will be an absolutely brutal confrontation for the first 30 mins.
Maybe. He's pretty balanced, and the NH do tend to optimise for set piece battles. By comparison,, we prefer our tight 5 a bit lighter and more mobile.
Expect something like the 2005 1st test. Epic confrontation up front all day ... can't wait.
.... I don't find them hugely balanced.
Let's b ehonest, everyone else who puts up video analysis is so far from the centre they live with the marxists. He's biased, but not horribly (GAGR I'm looking at you)
Hahahaha, yep, there's good stuff in there and definitely not create a video only looking at one teams' indiscretions!
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If the Lions lose the first test what can they change?
Itoje into the pack, maybe a different type of loosie on the bench (Tipuric, Stander), bring Sexton in and push Farrell out to 12, bring North onto the wing.
And NZ?
Hope Coles is magically right, otherwise hard to improve the pack on paper (could bring Squire onto the bench), TJP to start, ALB into the XV, Polynesian power wingers.
If the Lions can't win this game with Plan A, I don't see them having a winning Plan B TBH.
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@Donsteppa I've even dragged the old AB jersey out for the day. First time since October 23 2011
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kinda reminds me of the saturday build up to a Bledisloe game from 15 years ago ,
When you weren't quite sure what would happen , remember those days ?
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@Donsteppa said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
First time in ages I've been pacing around impatient for a 7.30pm rugby game to kickoff.
Yup, food cooked, wine poured.. and still more over an hour till kickoff! Grrr, sitting around watching the amateurs wearing Blue or Gold go at it before the real rugby kicks off... bring it on!!
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funny interview with Mrs Ioane today with Veitch ,
She met a lions supporter who was sleeping in his van outside ponsonby rugby club ,
Took him home for a feed , made him a bed on a matress on the lounge room floor , told him to make himself at home ,
Sons come home an hour later ( both still live at home and share the same bedroom since they were kids ) introduces her sons Reiko and Akira
Guy had no idea , could not believe it
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Crucial said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
I'm seeing this one as the "Mullet Test".
It will be business out front and party out the back.
You've mangled it. Business up front, party in the rear.
Hey, I only just woke up!
Besides you are welcome to having a party in your rear. I'll have mine out back.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
funny interview with Mrs Ioane today with Veitch ,
She met a lions supporter who was sleeping in his van outside ponsonby rugby club ,
Took him home for a feed , made him a bed on a matress on the lounge room floor , told him to make himself at home ,
Sons come home an hour later ( both still live at home and share the same bedroom since they were kids ) introduces her sons Reiko and Akira
Guy had no idea , could not believe it
That's GOLD 👏👊✋
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bleh, at home with a concussion after tripping and knocking my head. No alcohol for 2 days, but Lions AB match is an exemption I am sure
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