Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions
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The fuck was that?
Maori a bigger flop than the Crusaders.
Dmac and Lowe were rubbish, demonstrating why they aren't being picked for the ABs.Forwards were pretty shit also. Akira the only one who went ok.
Ngatai decent in the backs. Rieko nowhere near the level he showed against the Lions in a Blues jersey.
NMS didn't get many chances because the ball was often aimlessly kicked or dropped before it got to him. -
Te'o and Davies looked a very good combination for the Lions.
When they started running from deep and with pace they caused the MAB defence huge problems.
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@broughie said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
Well behaved Akira and excellent work rate. Would not be out of place in Black with more support around him.
The only player who can hold his head up high. I'm sure his performance would not have gone unnoticed by the AB selectors.
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@broughie said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
Well behaved Akira and excellent work rate. Would not be out of place in Black with more support around him.
Concur. A big mover last 2 weeks.
To not be a dickhead, in a game where there were a lot of frustrated MABs towards the end, was noticed.
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Looking at that score sheet, I doubt the Lions will get 18 points and penalty try against the ABs - and I think this match has given the ABs the keys to the blueprint.
Poor game from the Maori, so that sucked, but this thread was comic gold. You'd think some of the players on the Maori team were punching old ladies instead of just having poor games.
@broughie said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
Well behaved Akira and excellent work rate. Would not be out of place in Black with more support around him.
That's what some of us have been saying for a while now.
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The good news.
- No detailed video analysis required to work out the Lions tactics
- No regrets about overlooking McKenzie
If the ABs can nail catching the high kicks, and find ways round the blitz, we should be fine. Lions will have a handy bench.
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@Rapido said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
@broughie said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
Well behaved Akira and excellent work rate. Would not be out of place in Black with more support around him.
Concur. A big mover last 2 weeks.
To not be a dickhead, in a game where there were a lot of frustrated MABs towards the end, was noticed.
Also Akira and his workrate has been excellent at 6. He has shown a good motor to go 80 mins against the Lions twice now.
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Well done lions
The over hyped Maori side was really shit ,
I can see a blessing in disguise here for the abs though , a reminder of the need to roll up the sleeves first before anything else
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Have to say well played Lions. They focussed on their strengths and exposed the Maori weaknesses. They were very clinical against a fired up Maori side - Gatland has them improving every match and this was another big step up after the Crusaders match.
The ABs sent a message about the way they want to play last night. The Lions fired the same message right back tonight. As I said earlier, next week is going to be an epic clash of styles and I can't fucking wait.
Not much to say about the Maori side. They were disjointed from the get-go and had no rhythm. I think it was @Mokey that said playing players out of position was a mistake and she was bang on, with little preperation time that was a big risk and it backfired.
DMac looked rattled early and never recovered. Lowe is very inconsistent, especially when the pressure is on. Rieko and NMS were very quiet, though with no possesion or territory the wings are never going to feature.
Akira Ioane was the one massive shining light. He was into everything and muscled up really well against a very strong Lions pack. He has AB written all over him in the coming years - great to see him developing well.
This tour is awesome and has been getting better every week, building nicely to the first test which will be highly anticipated by rugby fans the world over after tonight - bring it on!
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Well played lions, controlled everything.
One thing that shits me is nzers going on about lions 'scoring in 3s', 'playing for penalties', 'not creating anything' etc. If the opposition gives away a penalty every single time you break the line or are in their 22, then that is on the opposition, not the attacking team - taking the points is just sensible.
McKenzie was bad, Lowe was worse. Forwards won very little ball, and all that was got was aimlessly kicked away. Dumb play throughout. -
@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
NZL has won only 1 out of 3 games this weekend. I hope the U20s do the job tomorrow to make it 2 out of 4.
Ah, but if we aggregate the points from all the matches, we're still ahead.
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@Gunner said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
It'd be nice if O'Mahony spoke English in his after match captains interview.
Or maybe Sky should have a translator available?
If you can't speak Munsterish that's your fucken problem...,
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Oh
By the way congrats Lions.
And congrats Scotland, England, Ireland & Wales and Fiji.
Commiserations New Zealand, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Tonga.
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@Tim said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:
Might've been an idea to have this game between the tests and give the Maori a warm up game.
Good point, and makes me even more glad the ABs were able to blow out some rust last night. If they played the way they did in the first 20 against that Lions team we'd be way behind the 8-ball at half time.
