Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions

[pakman]

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

So, bring on West; send DMac to fullback, Lowe to the left wing, and Rieko to 13.

That would have been the obvious starting configuration.

[Stargazer]

@pakman said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

So, bring on West; send DMac to fullback, Lowe to the left wing, and Rieko to 13.

That would have been the obvious starting configuration.

The question is, did they start Dmac at 10 at the request of Hansen and co? Or was this Cooper's bright idea?

[pakman]

@No-Quarter said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@antipodean said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@No-Quarter said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

Not smart from TKB but fucking Murray put his hands on the ball.

The ball has to be out. It's not enough he has his hands on it. Tawera should know that.

Right, I was under the impression that once the HB puts hands on it then it is out. Fair enough.

That may even be the law, but ref guidelines are it is out when HB picks up ball. Rubbish interpretation.

[Crash]

@Stargazer More I see of DMac for Chiefs - the more I think he is best suited to FB.... where he is afforded the time and space to conjure up those devastating runs or sleight of hand plays....

[pakman]

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

Phew, YC, not red.

Tough situation when player dips head and shoulder. Any arm and it's a head high. Was he supposed to spring back out of the way? YC fair under current interpretations.

[Crash]

@pakman said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

So, bring on West; send DMac to fullback, Lowe to the left wing, and Rieko to 13.

That would have been the obvious starting configuration.

You have to wonder why they didn't start with that combination

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@pakman said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

So, bring on West; send DMac to fullback, Lowe to the left wing, and Rieko to 13.

That would have been the obvious starting configuration.

The question is, did they start Dmac at 10 at the request of Hansen and co? Or was this Cooper's bright idea?

I believe it was at the insistence of @Crucial

[pakman]

@taniwharugby said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Crash if they had a proper 7 out there...

Like Pryor?

[Crash]

And I thought TKB was the halfback best suited to playing the Lions out of the three....shit how wrong was I....
Thanks TKB for picking that game to have your worst game of the season...

[antipodean]

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@pakman said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

So, bring on West; send DMac to fullback, Lowe to the left wing, and Rieko to 13.

That would have been the obvious starting configuration.

The question is, did they start Dmac at 10 at the request of Hansen and co? Or was this Cooper's bright idea?

Cooper's. In the post-match interview he sees him as a 10. Says his skillset suits that position.

[Crash]

@antipodean said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@pakman said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

So, bring on West; send DMac to fullback, Lowe to the left wing, and Rieko to 13.

That would have been the obvious starting configuration.

The question is, did they start Dmac at 10 at the request of Hansen and co? Or was this Cooper's bright idea?

Cooper's. In the post-match interview he sees him as a 10. Says his skillset suits that position.

Well we didn't see any of that tonight

[taniwharugby]

@pakman said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@taniwharugby said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Crash if they had a proper 7 out there...

Like Pryor?

He wasn't until the 70th minute...certainly woulda been a sight better 7 than Dixon

[Bones]

@taniwharugby said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@pakman said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@taniwharugby said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

@Crash if they had a proper 7 out there...

Like Pryor?

He wasn't until the 70th minute...certainly woulda been a sight better 7 than Dixon

Looked a better balance once he came on. Wasn't hard to improve over Messam...

[Catogrande]

@MiketheSnow said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

Thank fuck they yanked North.

Blown his chance.

McGeechan agrees and selected Daly as a test starter. I doubt it though.

[DMX]

What a stinker. A lot of the guys pushing for ABs did nothing. The tactics just played into the Lions hands. I think that Hansen should play ABs own game and they won't be intimidated by the rush.

[KiwiMurph]

Its interesting Colin Cooper also had Marty Mckenzie at 10 and Perofeta at fullback for Taranaki last year rather than visca versca.

It was eerily similar to how the Maori got well beaten by Munster in not dissimilar conditions last year.

[mooshld]

@Gunner said in Māori All Blacks vs British and Irish Lions:

Fark, what an awesome Haka.
If the game has the same intensity as that, we're in for a treat!

Yeah about that!

[mooshld]

No line speed and no intensity from the Maori. It wasn't the lions that caused that the Maori just never brought anything near the kind of ferociousness that would be needed to win a test. Was an easy ride in the end. Gatland probably would have preferred more of a workout for his team

[Crash]

@mooshld Are you suggesting they took one for the team?

[broughie]

@Rapido Well put and this is what I observed.