B&I Lions 2017
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@Disgusted-of-TW said in B&I Lions 2017:
This is an interesting read, I think: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40335537
Love that video. No doubt the 2017 version will be slick and sanitised
Looking at Doddie Weir, sad to think of what he's now facing - MND is a bitch of a disease
Doddie Weir is a legend, even for a Scotsman. Fine lock, shit number 8 ( which he regales people in hilarious detail apparently ) and brilliant after dinner speaker in obnoxious pants. Heartbreaking to hear the big fella isn't doing well.
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@Catogrande said in B&I Lions 2017:
@dogmeat Such a close series too. Bloody Don Clarke - with today's scoring we would have won. Conspiracy!
1972 scoring you'd have won...
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@booboo said in B&I Lions 2017:
@Catogrande said in B&I Lions 2017:
@dogmeat Such a close series too. Bloody Don Clarke - with today's scoring we would have won. Conspiracy!
1972 scoring you'd have won...
Does that mean we won that series twice to your once? I like the sound of that.
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Sean O'Brien: The Lions should have beaten the All Blacks "comfortably enough"
When Leinster and Ireland star Sean O'Brien looks back at the summer's Lions tour, he believes that the British and Irish selection should have won the series and that the coaching panel made a number of mistakes.I recommend listening to the podcast, which includes comments on the O'Brien interview: http://www.offtheball.com/podcasts/Off_The_Ball/Rugby_on_Off_The_Ball/57613/WNR_Sean_OBrien_Lions_Prep__Leinster_in_South_Africa
The article: http://www.offtheball.com/Sean-OBrien-The-Lions-should-have-beaten-the-All-Blacks-comfortably-enough-new-zealand
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The response to this should be interesting.
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Meh...he can think what he likes.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in B&I Lions 2017:
It’s all semantics now but he could, in theory, have a point. The Lions did seem to slightly cock it up. But you could argue, perhaps more convincingly, that NZ cocked it up even worse. And of course the frog-legged "we 'ave a deal" spermbird refs both cocked it up harder than a month-old strap-on baguette
More to the point how the ARSE does the same AB team run up 57-0 vs SA a few months later? Were the Lions that good because obviously AB’s are not THAT shit. Confusing times. Either way, some of these foreigners need to realise that the only reason rugby exists is for NZer’s to revel in the All Blacks trampling the living fuck out of Johnny Foreigner en route to glory, satan, tea, biscuits, scones, groupies, airport bog roots and henceforth and forever-more, immortality. Fuck that stultifying thrill-free Lions rugby yawnfest, get out and run (tenet shot in the brains via glorious Lions counter attack running rugby tries but never mind that now)
Jeez - can you copyright that as the Fern Official Response to the story? 100 upvotes from me.
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@stargazer said in B&I Lions 2017:
Sean O'Brien: The Lions should have beaten the All Blacks "comfortably enough"
When Leinster and Ireland star Sean O'Brien looks back at the summer's Lions tour, he believes that the British and Irish selection should have won the series and that the coaching panel made a number of mistakes.I recommend listening to the podcast, which includes comments on the O'Brien interview: http://www.offtheball.com/podcasts/Off_The_Ball/Rugby_on_Off_The_Ball/57613/WNR_Sean_OBrien_Lions_Prep__Leinster_in_South_Africa
The article: http://www.offtheball.com/Sean-OBrien-The-Lions-should-have-beaten-the-All-Blacks-comfortably-enough-new-zealand
Get him an HIA pronto.
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@majorrage said in B&I Lions 2017:
SOB is having a pretty sharp dig at Gatland / Lions mgmt. Thats it nothing else.
O'Brien: 'We should have beaten the All Blacks 3-0. The coaches have a lot to answer for'
In a typically honest and straight talking interview, Sean O’Brien has strongly criticised the methods of Warren Gatland and his coaches during the summer’s Lions tour.
A more extensive interview. His credibility takes a bit of a hit as he says the buildup to test 2 was perfect. A 3 point win over a 14 man side with a 'perfect buildup' doesn't suggest you'd sweep the series, but I'm just another arrogant kiwi fan (JAAKF)
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@nzzp said in B&I Lions 2017:
@majorrage said in B&I Lions 2017:
SOB is having a pretty sharp dig at Gatland / Lions mgmt. Thats it nothing else.
O'Brien: 'We should have beaten the All Blacks 3-0. The coaches have a lot to answer for'
In a typically honest and straight talking interview, Sean O’Brien has strongly criticised the methods of Warren Gatland and his coaches during the summer’s Lions tour.
A more extensive interview. His credibility takes a bit of a hit as he says the buildup to test 2 was perfect. A 3 point win over a 14 man side with a 'perfect buildup' doesn't suggest you'd sweep the series, but I'm just another arrogant kiwi fan (JAAKF)
Not necessarily though. You can have the perfect buildup and then the coach selects the wrong players to execute on the night....
