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

[gt12]

Stupid to try and outmaul them

[Donsteppa]

Blues will be licking their lips for Wednesday.

[Kirwan]

What a great performance from the Baabaas

[No Quarter]

@gt12 said in NZ Provincial Barbarians v B&I Lions (Whangarei, 3 June 2017):

Stupid to try and outmaul them

I was hoping for another bomb to put the cat amongst the pidgeons.

[Virgil]

@gt12 said in NZ Provincial Barbarians v B&I Lions (Whangarei, 3 June 2017):

Baabaas are out. Concede the penalty, and that's the game gone. Hopefully they don't ship too many points now.

Nope.

Worse Lions team to tour NZ.

[gt12]

@Virgil

Pretty pleased to be wrong about that

[Stargazer]

The Baabaas can pat themselves on the back. Such a marginal loss against a full-time pro team like the Lions is almost like a win. I can't imagine the Lions coaches being happy.

[Kirwan]

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

@gt12 said in NZ Provincial Barbarians v B&I Lions (Whangarei, 3 June 2017):

Baabaas are out. Concede the penalty, and that's the game gone. Hopefully they don't ship too many points now.

Nope.

Worse Lions team to tour NZ.

But early for hyperbole like that, been together a week and got off the plan on Wednesday. These games are to get them ready.

That said, I expected better from the Lions that that.

[Stockcar86]

Credit where it is due, well done to the Lions for getting the win of their tour out of the way in the first match

[Bones]

@Stockcar86 brilliant.

[Kirwan]

@Stockcar86 said in NZ Provincial Barbarians v B&I Lions (Whangarei, 3 June 2017):

Credit where it is due, well done to the Lions for getting the win of their tour out of the way in the first match

Was just wondering if I just watched their only win. If they turn up like that against the Super Rugby sides it's going to get ugly.

[Virgil]

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

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

@gt12 said in NZ Provincial Barbarians v B&I Lions (Whangarei, 3 June 2017):

Baabaas are out. Concede the penalty, and that's the game gone. Hopefully they don't ship too many points now.

Nope.

Worse Lions team to tour NZ.

But early for hyperbole like that, been together a week and got off the plan on Wednesday. These games are to get them ready.

That said, I expected better from the Lions that that.

Just getting it in there before Ratpoo does.

Welcome to NZ rugby, looking forward to Wednesday.

[pukunui]

Well, that was unexpected. Pretty pathetic effort from the lions. I don't really care how long they have been together. If they play like that for the rest of the tour they won't win another game.

They were pretty lucky not to get penalised a few times in the last 5 mins. Particularly the last maul. The ref shouldn't have run in to pull offside lions players out he should have penalised them.

Can't wait for the next game.

[canefan]

Lions will need rapid improvement, the baabaas barely had any super experience between them. It's all uphill from here

[dingo]

NZ Barbarians take a bow. Be proud. Kia Kaha.

Normally the score says who was the winner. This time it was wrong.

[Stargazer]

The Lions had more time together than the Provincial Baabaas, so the only excuse they have is the travel/jetlag.

[Stargazer]

I expected the Lions to devour the lambs, but they didn't give them more than a little scratch.

[Rembrandt]

@Stargazer must have cut costs and put the team on jetstar or something. Apalling result against no names. Super matches should be interesting

[taniwharugby]

Thought the Baabaas struggled a bit when Stratton went off, his passing was very good.

Baabaas pack went well too, even when the lions subed on a new front row that the Irish guys next to me reckoned is the best one.

[antipodean]

@taniwharugby I couldn't understand why their set piece didn't monster the barbarians.