Springboks v British & Irish Lions III

[Mattasaurus]

The entitlement from the lions when talking to the ref is like a separate competition 😂

[Tordah]

Lions very lucky with that turnover, they were clearly obstructing the cleaners and the ref was right there

[Toddy]

That should have been a yellow to Bruno there

[Bones]

He's not gonna reverse the penalty! Stop wasting time!

[GibbonRib]

@mattasaurus said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

Dubious scrum penalty

Rinse and repeat

[Bones]

Sorry guys that was my fault

[Bones]

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[sparky]

Squeeky bum time....

[Bones]

Murray drop goal

[sparky]

Springboks 19 Lions 16. 3 minutes to play.

[sparky]

French ref having a shocker. Unsurprisingly.

[sparky]

Victory to the Boks. World Champions and now Lions tamers.

[Mattasaurus]

Great ending.

[sparky]

You can criticise their style as much as you like but the Bok machine keeps on winning. Top of the world right now.

[Tordah]

It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.

[Mattasaurus]

@tordah I was sitting here thinking the same thing

[MiketheSnow]

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

French ref having a shocker. Unsurprisingly.

One bad mistake - which didn’t impact the better team winning

Otherwise best refereeing performance in ages

Lions blew it

[akan004]

Williams cost the Lions the series by not passing to an unmarked man in the 1st half. I don't think the Boks would have been able to come back from a 14 point deficit.

[MiketheSnow]

@mattasaurus said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@tordah I was sitting here thinking the same thing

We’ll see when NZ play SA

[sparky]

@tordah said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.

It depends what you are looking for. That was high drama.

The physicality, discipline and steel of the Springboks is frankly amazing. You might not like how they play. But I doubt they and their supporters care one iota.