Lions tour of New Zealand 2017

[vogue]

Look at the steam coming off these guys...wow..

 

[hendrix]

Lion's can't afford a scrappy game, will lose that game.....

Disagree, think that's their best chance tbh.

 

[Howe_zat]

Half an hour in and just having the lead is okay, but the Lions haven't had to do hardly any defending yet. Ought to have more than penalties.

 

[S.Kennedy]

I have a feeling the Maori chaps will win. I have it on by the way.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Jesus, learn the laws Connor...

 

[Howe_zat]

I had to switch from NZ commentary to sky owing to technical difficulties. It took me 24 seconds of the second half before audibly saying 'oh **** off Barnes' to the room

 

[Howe_zat]

Barnes update: "Halfpenny should make this 15 points to 12"

 

[_Ed_]

The Maori have been terrible with the high ball tonight.

 

[StephenZA]

The Maori have been terrible with the high ball tonight.

Yes... but the precision of the Lion kicking has been excellent though.

 

[Howe_zat]

So are the Lions spending this whole sin bin period up here while the Maori give away penalties on the try line?

 

[Howe_zat]

So are the Lions spending this whole sin bin period up here while the Maoris give away penalties on the try line?

Good call from Peyper. No quarter given.

 

[hendrix]

So are the Lions spending this whole sin bin period up here while the Maoris give away penalties on the try line?

Maori is the singular, Maori is the plural. Cheers

 

[Howe_zat]

Maori is the singular, Maori is the plural. Cheers

Noted.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Good game management there. Take the scrum against a pack one has the edge over and the ref makes the brave and correct call.

Can't see the ABs pack being quite so lightweight though so the Lions will need more next Saturday.

 

[Howe_zat]

Faletau and Murray off the base is lethal.

I love Murray going in to smash the clearout.

 

[StephenZA]

Lion's controlling the set piece well... good game management shown so far.

 

[BoyBrumby]

That's top position from Maro there. Go low and it's so hard to stop him.

 

[Howe_zat]

This pack has played an hour together now and they've done all the hard yakka.

Could we see a test pack with no Warburton and no AWJ?

 

[BoyBrumby]

This pack has played an hour together now and they've done all the hard yakka.

Could we see a test pack with no Warburton and no AWJ?

If Warren picks on form it's a no brainer. We just saw O'Brien make a turnover there Warburton likely wouldn't.

 

[Howe_zat]

We had 16 phases of possession there and lost 30m because of Laidlaw's delivery being slower than the defense.

On the strength of today's performances we called up the wrong scrum half from Scotland, even at the second attempt.