All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1
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@MrDenmore said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Who are they going to bring into the side to replace Ben Smith and Ryan Crotty?
I assume that's why Goodhue is on the injury cover list.
For BFA, there's Dagg. Naholo to the right wing. -
I think we can all agree there wasn't much difference between the quality of rugby between that and the Blues.
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Moody and Franks really set the tone early with some massive hits and work at the breakdown.
Taylor really stepped it up. Great hands. I'm sure they'll work out a strategy so he's not doing doing the Mealamu to start each lineout.
Whitelock as reliable as ever.
Read, welcome back bro. Huge performance.
Crotty was excellent and we were carving up in the midfield early on. Some great support play and offloads.
Dagg, his best test for some time. Lots of close in work, great tackling and some big kicks to get territory back.
Crockett great impact at scrum and in the loose.
Did I miss anyone? Oh yeah the other blokes did alright
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I love that the game turned in a huge scrum. Keep writing disparaging shit about our set piece you idiots.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
I love that the game turned in a huge scrum. Keep writing disparaging shit about our set piece you idiots.
Yep. I like how we targeted them in the forwards because that's where the Lions have been talked up.
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I love that the game turned in a huge scrum. Keep writing disparaging shit about our set piece you idiots.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
I love that the game turned in a huge scrum. Keep writing disparaging shit about our set piece you idiots.
Are they still doing that? Hahahaha fuckwits.
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@MrDenmore said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Who are they going to bring into the side to replace Ben Smith and Ryan Crotty?
Naholo/Savea & ALB.
If out for series, NMS & Goodhue come in.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
I love that the game turned in a huge scrum. Keep writing disparaging shit about our set piece you idiots.
Are they still doing that? Hahahaha fuckwits.
@jegga said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
I love that the game turned in a huge scrum. Keep writing disparaging shit about our set piece you idiots.
Are they still doing that? Hahahaha fuckwits.
You mean are they still scrimmaging? haha
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Ferris nailed it in post-match
'NZ quicker to the breakdown when they had the ball, and quicker when they didn't have the ball'
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In the studio Piri wearing the only suit he owns, his AB one
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Not a totally polished performance but more than food enough. What was truly horn-inducing was the fact that the abs hammered the crap out of the Lions up front. Farking bludgeoned the shit out of them. Forwards were epic and K. Reid take a bow. Terrific performance. I commented to the bro after about 30 that I didn't think the Lions fatties had the gas and thankfully that proved correct. They had nothing left with 15 to go.
Downsides: Lineout was ropey at times. That wasn't good enough. What was even worse was the chase defense. Maybe I'm not giving the Lions enough credit because some of that play was awesome, but it seemed they were carving at will when running it back.
So, a bit of a weird parallel universe tonight. ABs destroy Lions where they are supposed to have dominance, Lions counter attack far more potent than the abs in similar situations and farking BB kicks like a dream.
Ah well, I'll take it.
Big question: Where do the Lions go from here? I doubt they'll find the same holes next week.
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Well done Lions. O'Mahoney, O'Brien, Murray, Te'o, Davies, Williams standouts for me.
Tackle pressure was good and was impressed that with the limited attacking opportunities in the first half they did score a brilliant try.
I'll be interested to see what changes are made for next week. Personnel wise I think they've got it just about right. Maybe one or two changes, plus a few tactical changes in attack.
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Haven't read the thread yet.
Williams had some good moments and credit to his defence, but hold onto the fucken ball you numbnuts. Put severe pressure on the ABs with turnovers at times.
Cruden was pretty lacklustre.
A Smith was there for his passing - really disappointing to see him completely wreck a couple of crucial opportunities with super shit passing.
ALB looked quite lost at times.
Locks and loosies were brilliant.
Taylor needs to sort his throwing, those were 2 big lineouts before he got yanked.
Peyper with some odd calls around the tackle. What the fuck was that when McGrath is crawling along the ground after being tackled twice and then the ABs get penalised? Otherwise well reffed.
I wonder if the NH media will stop with the rubbish around scrum dominance now?
Overall, thought the ABs played pretty ordinary, which is comforting - we can improve a lot.
