MichaelRobartes Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Just seen it again. Last pass from Hogg poor, Watson couldn't have done any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Lions held up and get scrum 5. Great work from Moriarty, big carry to get Lions on front foot then lovely step and pass from T'eo to put Hogg away. Well tackled in the end. Scrum looking good, ref bizarrely calls use it and Lions turn ball over on try line. Frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Highlight so far is Stuart Barnes thinking that Dublin is in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 7-3 half time. Sinckler, T'eo, Moriarty and Faletau the stand outs. Hogg, Joseph, Sexton poor so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Should have scored at the end of the half, not cute enough.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 The NZ Barbarians are by far the weakest team the Lions will play on NZ soil. But as Will Greenwood just said, they look far more comfortable on the ball than the Lions. Its all about ball retention and creating openings, the Lions look to me to want to force everything, even when it's clearly not on. Will be interesting to see if the Lions power comes into the second half, especially the last 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 God help us when we meet a Super Rugby side. Huge improvement needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 7-13 Lions. Awful performance. Sexton will be annoyed he had to play with Laidlaw instead of Murray or Webb. He -along with several others - needs a big performance in his next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 I thought Sexton did a great job of securing the No.10 shirt for the tests. For Owen Farrell, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Zero ambition from the Lions, kicking penalties against a scratch team was embarrassing. Why would the best rugby players in the U.K. and Ireland not be willing to go for tries in those situations, I don't get the mindset. This will have sent out a message to all NZ sides that the Lions aren't willing to actually take them on, it was just percentage rugby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 I don't think they are impressed!! http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11869138 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 10 minutes ago, Northern Red said: I thought Sexton did a great job of securing the No.10 shirt for the tests. For Owen Farrell, that is. Sexton hasn't been playing well for a while to be honest. I'd like to see him outside Murray or Webb before awarding test jerseys though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Wasn't great but first game never is, jet lag and conditions were not favourable to either side. Pretty sure henderson & Seymour won competitions to play as both were poor. The bath players played well (biased opinion of course), sinckler did well. Other than that, not too good. For those of you with sky on demand, I've been watching the lions documentaries. Watching the 2005 one at the moment. I've gone backwards, did 2013 first then 2009. Brought back some good memories and unfortunately, the nightmare Ronan o'gara end to the 2nd test in South africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 1 hour ago, The Batman said: Wasn't great but first game never is, jet lag and conditions were not favourable to either side. Pretty sure henderson & Seymour won competitions to play as both were poor. The bath players played well (biased opinion of course), sinckler did well. Other than that, not too good. For those of you with sky on demand, I've been watching the lions documentaries. Watching the 2005 one at the moment. I've gone backwards, did 2013 first then 2009. Brought back some good memories and unfortunately, the nightmare Ronan o'gara end to the 2nd test in South africa. Agree with everything you say bar the Baff comment as I thought Joseph was fairly poor. Poor ROG. Shouldn't have been on the pitch with concussion at that stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Steven Luatua (coming to Bristol in the summer) is starting for the blues v the lions on Wednesday, a good chance to see him play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Good selection for the Lions. Some suggested that Haskell would cover Faletau for 8 with Stander moving to blindside but this selection shows that CJ is there as a number 8, his best position. I like that back row, but I'm not sure that Stander is fit based on his last few games and the amount of strapping around his ankle. Hopefully the week off has done him good. I like the look of the backs as well, particularly looking forward to seeing Nowell and Daly outside the Irish centres. Also a great honour for Ken Owens, big opportunity for him to lay down a marker here. Henderson, Sexton and Laidlaw will need strong showings when they get on after Saturday. Halfpenny; Nowell, Payne, Henshaw, Daly; Biggar, Webb; McGrath, Owens (captain), Cole, Itoje, Lawes, Haskell, Tipuric, Stander Replacements: Best, Marler, Sinckler, Henderson, O'Mahony, Laidlaw, Sexton, L Williams Strong team for the Blues, eight internationals including Luatua and Money Bill providing he passes a fitness test. This will be really tough: 15. Michael Collins 14. Matt Duffie 13. George Moala 12. Sonny Bill Williams/TJ Faiane 11. Rieko Ioane 10. Stephen Perofeta 9. Agustine Pulu 1. Ofa Tu’ungafasi 2. James Parsons (captain) 3. Charlie Faumuina 4. Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 5. Scott Scrafton 6. Akira Ioane 7. Blake Gibson 8. Steven Luatua Replacements: 16. Hame Faiva 17. Alex Hodgman 18. Sione Mafileo 19. Patrick Tuipulotu 20. Kara Pryor 21. Sam Nock 22. Ihaia West 23. TJ Faiane/Melani Nanai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Dude had some serious gas for Blues try, but too much space. Henshaw's not had the best start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Bigger encroaching the line out, bloody hell how basic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Good driving maul that. Halfpenny kicking over Bigger as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 So many basic mistakes giving penalties to the blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 I like a lot of what the Lions are doing here. The silly mistakes are to be expected at this stage. What a difference having a good scrum half makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Well that's lucky, if its 10m then he's allowed to tackle I don't think it was offside, ball collected inside our half and he was tackled on the 10m line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 It was close. No effort made to retreat may have swayed the TMO as well. Enjoyed Blues 11 starting on CJ during that little melee, CJ not reacting and looking at him as if to say "Really?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 So for the second time we go in behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Steven Luatua looks like a seriously good buy for Bristol next year, his offloading is on another level and he is very solid at the breakdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Discipline really poor. Stupid from Williams there, he's much better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Ioane has given Nowell the run around all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Halfpenny has put a real claim on the 15 shirt today, Hogg is going to need an excellent performance in his next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Great try for Blues. 22-16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 That offload from Luatua.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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