Lions tour of New Zealand 2017

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Unlucky bounce there.

 

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Could be a draw!

 

[Howe_zat]

Madness, absolute madness.

 

[vogue]

15-15. ...this is too good

 

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Offside! Drama.

 

[Burgey]

He's definitely off side. Tough call but it's right.

 

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Last roll of the dice.

 

[StephenZA]

Fantastic, exciting end to the series.... well done to the Lions never thought they would do that well.

 

[Burgey]

Tough on the all blacks. Two tries to nil and a draw. Really good series, but it's a bit like kissing your sister.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

What a series.

One that got away though for all blacks, how many points thrown away by them in the last couple of games which proved decisive?

Creditable tour for Lions, don't think anyone expected them to do so well.

 

[Howe_zat]

Lions weren't good enough to win. But at a time where sides almost always roll over against NZ they stood up and refused to be beaten.

Great series.

 

[social]

Hilarious

Joke result

 

[Howe_zat]

Feels bizarrely incomplete.

Just schedule another test. How hard can it be

 

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Ha, Read's kids - one's running around like a maniac, another is standing there stoney-faced like "get me the **** out of here", and now the youngest is crying.

 

[Athlai]

Lions weren't good enough to win. But at a time where sides almost always roll over against NZ they stood up and refused to be beaten.

Great series.

Absolutely this, new Zealand looked the better team but it was like new Zealand were tackling us as well.

 

[Athlai]

Ha, Read's kids - one's running around like a maniac, another is standing there stoney-faced like "get me the **** out of here", and now the youngest is crying.

I cried due to laughing so hard at this

 

[BoyBrumby]

It's a bizarre end to it all. I cannot see for the life of me how that final penalty was overturned (you play at the ball and you're offside) but I'm kinda glad it was. Although with Barrett, B's kicking who's to say?

Boy is a borderline great player, but his place kicking isn't up to it at test level. His kid bro has better stats in Super Rugby so why not take the pressure off him and let him concentrate on running the game.

I think, in retrospect, I'll be made up with the test series' result, but now it feels weirdly empty. Neither the elation of victory nor the crushing numbness of defeat.

 

[Howe_zat]

No getting around the feeling of missed shot but ultimately from now on the wikipedia pages will show the best result they have had in NZ in all but one tour.

It's certainly a far cry from the opening stages of the tour where they laboured past the amateurs and got beaten by the Blues.

 

[ripper868]

Eden Park streak is ended. Cracking match. NZ handling on the last pass in the first half cost them 20 points. Last penalty should have stood, if that was the 28th minute it would have been a shot at goal without TMO. But as BB rightly said, no lock that BBarrett kicks it - he's not can carter in that regard. He is freaking good though.

Great series. Looking forward to the demands losing bledusloe by 45-10 In each test.

 

[Howe_zat]

Oh and well done Marcuss. You win many honours and adulations. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12jemyyWodSaNDIX1tgTQbEnfWRPY0brBlzByB7cvr1I/edit?usp=sharing