All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3
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@hydro11 said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@rotated said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Here comes the BS. Same as Cardiff, just because the ABs weren't perfect doesn't mean a blatant poor decision didn't decide the game in the last 10.
Sure but you have to keep it in perspective and focus on the other things too. We can't control the referee.
Like the fight game, don't leave it in the judges hands.
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@taniwharugby Hope not. What purpose would it serve to cite Kaino? YC was harsh, arguably fair (I thought pen would have been enough), but it was dealt with on the pitch, no one died, series is over.
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We made too many mistakes, they made all their kicks, Beaudy missed a couple, Lions defence was good and negated our backline pretty well, Lions have little adventure in their backline but played to a game plan and their strength, our forwards were not as dominant and those Frenchies.
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@MiketheSnow We could have put it away in the 1st 40, but our backline execution was horrendous.
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@Mokey said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Sam Warburton is so fucking classy with his post match comments. Damn him, I want to hate him right now.
Both captains - masterclasses of humility and grace in interviews straight after an intense match, with their emotions obviously warring within. Read - perhaps not a great captain on the pitch, but he's a fucking class-act on interview-camera.
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@Kruse said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@Mokey said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Sam Warburton is so fucking classy with his post match comments. Damn him, I want to hate him right now.
Both captains - masterclasses of humility and grace in interviews straight after an intense match, with their emotions obviously warring within. Read - perhaps not a great captain on the pitch, but he's a fucking class-act on interview-camera.
And with the interviewer obviously needling him, trying to get a comment about that last penalty... he kept it inside.
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Exhausted, and all I've done is sit on the sofa yelling at the tv and drinking beer
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ABs lost that far more than we scraped a draw.
Gatland luckiest bloke alive.
ABs carved us up but weren't accurate. Very NHesque.
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@Stockcar86 said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Exhausted, and all I've done is sit on the sofa yelling at the tv and drinking beer
Amen to that!
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
ABs lost that far more than we scraped a draw.
Gatland luckiest bloke alive.
ABs carved us up but weren't accurate. Very NHesque.
Should have been a bigger margin than the 1st Test.That's what pressure does though. It's been a while since this All Black team faced a game like this and they didn't cope well.
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@Tordah said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
ABs skills let them down for once. Should have won it in the first half.
Exactly. The commentators failed to call this for whatever reason. The amount of chances that we blew was ridiculous. Feels terrible to give away a drawn series to that lot. Not because they weren't boody brilliant, but their cynical play at line out and around the rucks really was annoying. And of course Gatland as well.
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what happened after the 'accidental' not touching not catching off side?
Did we end up dropping it cos I dont remember all you see on the replay is ALB falling into space...shoulda played advantage or did we drop it again?
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
ABs lost that far more than we scraped a draw.
Gatland luckiest bloke alive.
ABs carved us up but weren't accurate. Very NHesque.
Should have been a bigger margin than the 1st Test.Yep, errors and penalties fucked us. You can't do that, not against goalkickers like Farrell and Halfpenny. Barrett needs to do so some serious work in that area if he's going to be the goalkicker.
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All Blacks never got to grips with the rush/offside defence. Lost count of the times Barrett was left with no choice but to hit it up because there were a crowd of red shirts outside him. I think the disruption in the centres had a lot to do with it, plus the I ability of the replacements to execute. Can see now why Savea was left out earlier - just abysmal. Dagg also past it. And Barrett missed a couple of sitters, again, which would have proved the difference in the end. Lions didn't miss any, their defence was impregnable and they spoiled relentlessly. Oh, and the hand-wringing French referees were appalling
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World rugby's biggest game advertisement in the fallow years between world cups and is influenced by an insecure refereeing system but the gin swillers will be reminding themselves "controversy lasts far longer in the advertiser's eye than a pure spectacle, and think of the clicks we'll get!"
Even the perpetrator knew he was offside playing at the ball!
Still our beloved team only really have themselves to blame
Taking nothing away from the Lions who will take more pride than us over the drawn series.
It was a great series and none of us predicted it thus.
one question though:
Did it feel lucky to draw that?
honest question from an unquestionably biased kiwi
edit: The question was aimed at Lions supporters (lest I lose my arrogance)
