Springboks v British & Irish Lions I
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@kiwimurph said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
@bones said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
Awesome game.
Not sure i'd go that far.
Fair enough. I found it enjoyable. Felt like a step up from the AB tests this year...
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@kiwimurph said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
@bones said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
Awesome game.
Not sure i'd go that far.
Shhh, any Boks loss is an awesome game, because you know they’ve got that team that will monster the All Blacks 😁
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@bones said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
Awesome game.
Apparently this series is not over yet. Who's this commentator?
Good for drama, not so much for quality.
Lions were awful in the first half, didn't think they'd be able to turn that around. Boks OK but looking a long way from their best.
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Nice BIL 👍🏻 Bit meh after Fr v Oz last week and Berry largely ok so see u nxt wk
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A better 2nd half and the BIL played at the right end of the field.
As to Jonker, the speed he was making his TMO decisions was a departure from normal. OK if you get the calls right. I also thought that was a forward pass before le Roux was in front.
I'd make a few changes if I was Gatland. Daly looked lightweight at centre. I've said my piece about Sutherland.
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Boks changing the front row at half time did not work out for them.
At half time I'd have said that Daley, Lawes, Price, Hogg and LCD had played themselves out of the test team for next week. But other than Daly they all redeemed themselves in the second.
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@gibbonrib said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
Boks changing the front row at half time did not work out for them.
At half time I'd have said that Daley, Lawes, Price, Hogg and LCD had played themselves out of the test team for next week. But other than Daly they all redeemed themselves in the second.
You could see what the Lions were trying to do in attack, and that was to get it out wide, however they need someone in the midfield that is either not going to get driven back or has quick hands. Daly’s probably not that guy.
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@gibbonrib said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
Boks changing the front row at half time did not work out for them.
Think we got smashed in the air in 2nd 40 badly….
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So as in impartial viewer, what a boring game of rugby.
Only the scoreboard kept it interesting.
It seems in the last couple years and constantly getting worse, with every try we have to spend 5 minutes looking for a reason not to award it, its getting old and really slows the game down.
I would be interested to see how much of the game the ball was out of play, seemed a lot more than usual.
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@gibbonrib said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
@bones said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
Awesome game.
Apparently this series is not over yet. Who's this commentator?
Good for drama, not so much for quality.
Lions were awful in the first half, didn't think they'd be able to turn that around. Boks OK but looking a long way from their best.
Largely reminiscent of the last lions tour IMO.
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@darren said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:
So as in impartial viewer, what a boring game of rugby.
Only the scoreboard kept it interesting.
It seems in the last couple years and constantly getting worse, with every try we have to spend 5 minutes looking for a reason not to award it, its getting old and really slows the game down.
I would be interested to see how much of the game the ball was out of play, seemed a lot more than usual.
Not a game I would ever bother to re-watch sadly.Disagree on the game - that was a really physical, hard fought game with pretty damn good skills. Very few errors. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the level was a big big step up on what' we've seen so far this year. And it's what you'd expect - quality players lifting for a big series that means something.
Agree with you about the TMO though. At least the refs now let things play out, then figure it out. Reckon they the decisions pretty well got it right as well - but I think Lions 13 was saved by the knock on from Kolbe. @Damo may be able to help, but do you really ignore professional fouls (pulling back player) after the initial knockon?
Five minute sin faf de klerk looked very average, with poor kicking, but built nicely. Tom Currie cost three quick penalties and seemed fairly ineffective. Itoje was a mixed bag, but has great length of reach - and if refs let you latch on the ball, why the hell wouldn't you.
Overall thoroughly enjoyable, pity the TMO decisions were all so tight as it took away from the game a bit. Woul dhave loved a crowd there
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@akan004 ah bollocks - yeah< i thought a card would be the right call. It's like head high tackles though, the framework just gets ignored.
Actually, I didn't really mention it, but I thought that was a bad call, in the context of a TMO that went back for a 'head high' that was amrginal earlier in the game.
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