v All Blacks III: the Decider

[Banquo]

I like the way the Lions scream and scream at the top of their voices to throw the opposition off their line out. That's class that is.

loads of teams do it, unedifying innit

[Stones of granite]

It could be worse, they could insist on delaying the kick-off to perform the hokey-cokey

[Digby]

I like the way the Lions scream and scream at the top of their voices to throw the opposition off their line out. That's class that is.

loads of teams do it, unedifying innit

As with so much the refs can penalise, and simply choose not to

[kk67]

I like the way the Lions scream and scream at the top of their voices to throw the opposition off their line out. That's class that is.

loads of teams do it, unedifying innit

As with so much the refs can penalise, and simply choose not to

Disrupting the lineout call and ironic pats on the head at try time are both unacceptable.
These feckers need to Grow up.

[morepork]

It could be worse, they could insist on delaying the kick-off to perform the hokey-cokey

Must confuse seven shades of fuck out of the kiwis in Lions teams over the years.

[Digby]

loads of teams do it, unedifying innit

As with so much the refs can penalise, and simply choose not to

Disrupting the lineout call and ironic pats on the head at try time are both unacceptable.
These feckers need to Grow up.

The refs do need to grow up, but you'd have to say for now the players actions are acceptable on the basis they're being accepted

[morepork]

They should yell at the kicker on penalties and conversions. That would be refreshingly non-PC.

[kk67]

Would be nice if Nigel or Jerome could ref this. JP would be good, Gardener, 'Rasta' Rasivhenge would be quality.
THAT would be a quality game if Rasta was in charge. Not 'in charge' but 'providing structure'.

[Banquo]

loads of teams do it, unedifying innit

As with so much the refs can penalise, and simply choose not to

Disrupting the lineout call and ironic pats on the head at try time are both unacceptable.
These feckers need to Grow up.

aye

[J Dory]

Are the Loins the team chanting "1 . 2 . 3 . oomph" at the scrum engage?

I know what I wrote.

[morepork]

Do you think the Hask has ever followed through when DOMINATING the engage?

Where is his tour video dairy by the way?

[kk67]

As with so much the refs can penalise, and simply choose not to

Disrupting the lineout call and ironic pats on the head at try time are both unacceptable.
These feckers need to Grow up.

aye

I caught my club captain doing the ironic pats while I was reffing him. Top bloke, club stalwart.

[I R Geech]

I like the way the Lions scream and scream at the top of their voices to throw the opposition off their line out. That's class that is.

But, you know which team came up with that little ploy first, right?

[morepork]

I like the way the Lions scream and scream at the top of their voices to throw the opposition off their line out. That's class that is.

But, you know which team came up with that little ploy first, right?

I give up. Finland?

[Eugene Wrayburn]

I like the way the Lions scream and scream at the top of their voices to throw the opposition off their line out. That's class that is.

But, you know which team came up with that little ploy first, right?

Trust us to copy that bullshit after they've long left it rather than high skill or superb support lines.

[zer0]

Bantah.

Where's Len?

[I R Geech]

I like the way the Lions scream and scream at the top of their voices to throw the opposition off their line out. That's class that is.

But, you know which team came up with that little ploy first, right?

I give up. Finland?

You're better than this.

[morepork]

Fake news. Sad!

[morepork]

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[paddy no 11]

Its great to be heading into a match where nobody has a clue whats going to happen. Looking forward to watching this regardless of result (as long as lions don't lose to some brain donor penalties, yes you mako)

[Puja]

I am hugely ambivalent about my predictions for tomorrow. On the one hand, I hate the cult of Kiwi supremacy that makes so many teams beaten before they start, and can really believe that we've got a good team, a couple of great players, a good attitude and can really make a mark against an ABs side that injuries have left with genuine weaknesses to exploit.

On the other hand, last week was a scraped victory in pissing rain versus 14 men, Gatland is coaching and I'm still concerned that Sexton/Farrell won't work as a pairing. Plus the cult of Kiwi supremacy is there for a reason - they're annoyingly good at winning.

So I'm fluctuating between a close game in which anyone can win or a 40 point blowout without us ever being at the races.

Puja

[paddy no 11]

There tight 5, retallick aside has made no impression so cant see a blow out. All said coles is a huge loss. I could gripe about a few selections for lions but just looking forward to an interesting contest, if our 10/12 axis gets torn apart so be it, at leat there's an attempt to play rugby

[Puja]

There tight 5, retallick aside has made no impression so cant see a blow out. All said coles is a huge loss. I could gripe about a few selections for lions but just looking forward to an interesting contest, if our 10/12 axis gets torn apart so be it, at leat there's an attempt to play rugby

Yeah, they didn't make a huge impression on England in 2014 for the first two tests and then horsed us in the third.

Puja

[Numbers]

There tight 5, retallick aside has made no impression so cant see a blow out. All said coles is a huge loss. I could gripe about a few selections for lions but just looking forward to an interesting contest, if our 10/12 axis gets torn apart so be it, at leat there's an attempt to play rugby

They dominated the Lions front 5 in the first test.

[paddy no 11]

It wasn't all that bad, retaalick won a few turnovers etc. Apparently lions done 2 sessions the Thursday before which would explain that. Lions hosed the crusaders which had a significant intl presence