Springboks v British & Irish Lions I

[sparky]

Lawes, AWJ and Itoje have been massive for the Lions.

[ACT Crusader]

The high ball skills from both sides has been very iffy.

[Bones]

Imagine what an in form England or Boks would do to these teams.

[sparky]

Farrell slots a penalty. 17-22.

[ACT Crusader]

Good pressure kick from Farrell.

[Bones]

Awesome game.

Apparently this series is not over yet. Who's this commentator?

[ACT Crusader]

@act-crusader said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

BIL by 6

22-16

Missed it by that much…

[sparky]

British and Irish Lions win and go 1-0 up in the series.

[junior]

Good test match. Will be interesting to see how the Boks come back next week - where do they go from here other than to be a bit more accurate in the 2nd half?

[KiwiMurph]

@bones said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

Awesome game.

Not sure i'd go that far.

[Bones]

@kiwimurph said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

@bones said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

Awesome game.

Not sure i'd go that far.

Fair enough. I found it enjoyable. Felt like a step up from the AB tests this year...

[ACT Crusader]

@kiwimurph said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

@bones said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

Awesome game.

Not sure i'd go that far.

Shhh, any Boks loss is an awesome game, because you know they’ve got that team that will monster the All Blacks 😁

[sparky]

@bones Proper Test that one.

[GibbonRib]

@bones said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

Awesome game.

Apparently this series is not over yet. Who's this commentator?

Good for drama, not so much for quality.

Lions were awful in the first half, didn't think they'd be able to turn that around. Boks OK but looking a long way from their best.

[mantissanet]

Nice BIL 👍🏻 Bit meh after Fr v Oz last week and Berry largely ok so see u nxt wk

[SidBarret]

Drunk me

Replay it a hundred times, thats the only one the lions win.

[GibbonRib]

@sparky said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

Lawes, AWJ and Itoje has been massive for the Lions.

I thought Lawes was terrible and AWJ invisible in the first half. But good second half from all of them.

[Bovidae]

A better 2nd half and the BIL played at the right end of the field.

As to Jonker, the speed he was making his TMO decisions was a departure from normal. OK if you get the calls right. I also thought that was a forward pass before le Roux was in front.

I'd make a few changes if I was Gatland. Daly looked lightweight at centre. I've said my piece about Sutherland.

[GibbonRib]

Boks changing the front row at half time did not work out for them.

At half time I'd have said that Daley, Lawes, Price, Hogg and LCD had played themselves out of the test team for next week. But other than Daly they all redeemed themselves in the second.

[ACT Crusader]

@gibbonrib said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions 1:

Boks changing the front row at half time did not work out for them.

At half time I'd have said that Daley, Lawes, Price, Hogg and LCD had played themselves out of the test team for next week. But other than Daly they all redeemed themselves in the second.

You could see what the Lions were trying to do in attack, and that was to get it out wide, however they need someone in the midfield that is either not going to get driven back or has quick hands. Daly’s probably not that guy.