NZ Provincial Barbarians v B&I Lions (Whangarei, 3 June 2017)

[Kirwan]

Superb defence! Absolutely desperate.

[Bones]

@dingo said in NZ Provincial Barbarians v B&I Lions (Whangarei, 3 June 2017):

You got to say that Bryn Gatland is (so far) not doing his future chances of a super contract any harm.

I know that is a double negative, so i'll just say he looks OK

Quite odd. He's shown a shitload more than he has for the blues. I guess it's a level down...

[Derm McCrum]

Sexton should have stayed at home.
Hogg pretty rusty.
Don't know why they're not making more use of their scrum dominance.

Faletau and Te'o the only ones catching my eye.

[SimonAdd_2]

@Pot-Hale Kyle Sinkler looking lively too.

[Kirwan]

Wow, surely that was worth a review upstairs?

[No Quarter]

Success!! NZB WIN THE FIRST HALF!!!

[Bones]

@Pot-Hale scrum dominance?

[Stargazer]

Hats off to the Prov Baabaas lads. Didn't expect this half time score!

[Stockcar86]

Barbarians special, and if leading at half time, they get to down a beer in the break?

[Virgil]

These Lions seem a bit shit

[Derm McCrum]

Well that's enough for me. Back to work.

Dismal stuff.

[Tim]

That was a lot of fun to watch.

[SimonAdd_2]

Can we send AWJ, Sexton and Best back home now?

[Donsteppa]

What a steaming pile of shit from the Lions.

To pick up a lamented point from @Chris-B earlier, this is Clayton McMillan coached team with 4 BoP players... and it's been several years since we've had anything to cheer about.

I had this down as an 80 point thrashing.

[dingo]

I think you guys are being a bit unfair on the Lions. By the looks of it, I'll paraphrase and modify my previous post.

Lions look like a scratch team of good players.

NZ Barbarians look like a team of average NZ players (that aren't in a squad) that the NZRFU has quietly payed for a lot of training time for.

[Bones]

@taniwharugby liking that?

[Donsteppa]

@dingo said in NZ Provincial Barbarians v B&I Lions (Whangarei, 3 June 2017):

I think you guys are being a bit unfair on the Lions. By the looks of it, I'll paraphrase and modify my previous post.

Lions look like a scratch team of good players.

NZ Barbarians look like a team of average NZ players (that aren't in a squad) that the NZRFU has quietly payed for a lot of training time for.

The Bay better have a bloody good season this year then...

[Stargazer]

To think that the Prov Baabaas only assembled last Sunday. They've had less than a week together.

[dingo]

@Donsteppa The Bay players in this NZB team know what the biggest game of the season is...and it isn't against the other bay.

[Bones]

Huh. Sexton injured. Alternate universe​?