Highlanders v B&I Lions
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@Bovidae said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
@No-Quarter said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
It was a shame Joseph was the one to knock it on at the end there, he played really well tonight.
I thought the pass to him looked forward anyway.
"Looked"?
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@Rapido said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
Got to say, lack of class by blue 17 on the final whistle. Rubbing it into Joseph.
Aki Seiuli? Does he have form for dickish behaviour?
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@Catogrande said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
Well played the Clan and a just about deserved win. Overall I thought slightly the better team and certainly the team that showed more intent. I'm not talking about kicking for the corner rather than for the posts, more that with ball in hand they were looking to create.
The Lions actually looked a lot more dangerous when they decided to run the ball rather than just take contact one or two out from the ruck. Just a shame they waited 75 minutes before trying this tactic. The Lions gameplan so far has shown little imagination and has not made much impression. I'm hoping that there is something more to their game which has yet to be shown.
Guys that have put their hand up:-
Henderson
Joseph
Webb
Warburton
SincklerThose looking at playing for the drinking team:-
Payne
Henshaw
Lawes (mainly 'cos I suspect he will be out for a week or more)All the rest are non-movers for me.
There's something really lileable about CJ Stander but he was stopped tonight by a team that was below top flight Super Rugby standard.
Shame I like him
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@Chris-B. said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
@mariner4life said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
Fuck tonight? I thought tomorrow. Motherfucker!
And you thought we were behind the times in Nelson?!!
You need a bigger
cockclock!It's both
Bro in north Queensland the Lions don't even exist. The wallabies barely exist
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@booboo said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
@MajorRage said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
Jim Kayes is embarrassing ... cheer leader, adds nothing
Did I miss someting?
Jom Kayes has been a piston wristed gibbon since his "cunning Alinghi" comment.
Was that in studio?
No he's been a piston wristed gibbon for far longer than that , he was to fapping as Hillary was to Everest when he was at the dompost .
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The Lions are also facing much stronger opposition than they have in previous tours, which I don't mind at all.
The whole tour is more fun if all the games are competitive, and tight defeats to Super Rugby sides is much better preparation for the Tests than comfortable wins over club teams.
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@SimonAdd_2 said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
The Lions are also facing much stronger opposition than they have in previous tours, which I don't mind at all.
The whole tour is more fun if all the games are competitive, and tight defeats to Super Rugby sides is much better preparation for the Tests than comfortable wins over club teams.
I wonder if these wins will give more respect to Super Rugby in the NH..
These games remind me a lot of the 1993 tours, when Auckland was basically the All Blacks. -
@Bovidae said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
@No-Quarter Kayes comes across as a stereotypical footy meathead.
He sounded like a Canes fanboy.
For a man who is a confessed Blues supporter, that's a huge achievement.
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@mimic said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
I wonder if these wins will give more respect to Super Rugby in the NH..
Northern pundits and scribes don't tend to register these losses unless it's an absolute hiding. Chiefs or the Canes will need to win by 20+ in order to make any headway there.
Ironically they probably take it as a moral victory that the nature of the games have been slow, set-piece centered, low scoring events. By dictating terms in their minds they are exerting dominance.
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@mimic it's unlikely to make much of an impact on media trolls like Stephen Jones, and I don't think many serious NH fans have any lack of respect for Super Rugby - certainly not the New Zealand teams. Most of know only the very best teams in Europe would be competitive against them.
There are of course the usual stereotypes - SH types criticise the skills and attack of the NH teams, NH hacks point to poor tackling and defence in Super Rugby as what makes it so open. So far, I don't think the tour has done much to dispell these: the Lions have struggled to find an attacking edge and finish off their chances, but have been (mostly) able to stifle the SR teams' offence in a way they're not used to.
If you look at what the Lions did to the Crusaders, you'd have to think a team like Saracens would have a good chance of pulling off the same thing.
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Farrell's penalty miss was key.
It was more than just a penalty miss.
Stop reminding me.
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@Salacious-Crumb Fuck that is a cruel video.
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@SimonAdd_2 said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
If you look at what the Lions did to the Crusaders, you'd have to think a team like Saracens would have a good chance of pulling off the same thing.
I don't think you can compare the quality of the Lions team from Saturday to Saracens.
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@Frye In the quality of individual players no, but in terms of style of play they're very similar. More than any other team, even Wales, Saracens seem to be the template for what Gatland is trying to do: suffocating rush defence, decent scrum, very good lineout, lots of up-and-unders particularly from the 9, control territory rather than possession and force the opposition into mistakes.
And what Sarries give up in star power they would probably make up for in familiarity. They'd probably be more clinical finishing their chances than the Lions, and certainly have a lower error count.
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@Salacious-Crumb said in Highlanders v B&I Lions:
Farrell's penalty miss was key.
It was more than just a penalty miss.
Stop reminding me.
Poor bastard
