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Offline nigel

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3300 on: July 24, 2021, 10:10:17 PM »
Said it before, and I’ll say it again
‘Courtney Lawes is f**king ace’
There can be no argument against that statement!

Offline nordenvillain

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3301 on: July 24, 2021, 10:27:00 PM »
Great turnaround in the second half, well done the Lions.  Bit lucky a couple of times with decisions but works both ways.  Great kick from Farrell near the end.
I thought that the pack in the main fronted up to the Boks physical game. Lawes' outstanding 2nd half performance a major factor in the Lions victory. Itoje an incredible player. Thought the Lions replacements also did far more than the SA ones, especially the front row replacements. The Willy Le Roux non try was very debatable, but by the same token, the referee and TMO in the SA A game bottled it with Faf De Klerk's assault to the head - That could have well been a Red Card that would have meant him missing today's and maybe future tests - And that comes from a Sale supporter. If Biggar misses next week's game, that will presumably mean Farrell at fly half, so I hope that Smith gets onto the bench.

Offline Jon Crofts

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3302 on: July 24, 2021, 11:25:26 PM »
A lot of South Africans moaning about Itoje playing the ball on the ground at the death, if only they knew the rules of the game before opening their big traps.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3303 on: July 25, 2021, 10:01:25 AM »
Is it very naughty of me to say that I wish England had Warren Gatland?

Offline paul_e

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3304 on: July 25, 2021, 04:24:21 PM »
Said it before, and I’ll say it again
‘Courtney Lawes is f**king ace’
There can be no argument against that statement!


He was brilliant yesterday, absolutely justified his place, my only surprise is that he didn't get man of the match, Itoje was also very good though.

Offline paul_e

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3305 on: July 25, 2021, 04:27:08 PM »
Is it very naughty of me to say that I wish England had Warren Gatland?

I think he's very good, Jones is as good a coach as Gatland but is too far up his own arse to accept he's made the wrong call on a player whereas Gats is willing to admit he's made mistakes. Both are getting a bit too old though, when Jones does go Pat Lam has to be top of the list for his replacement.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3306 on: July 27, 2021, 01:34:17 PM »
3 changes for the second test with Vunipola in for Sutherland, Harris in for Daly and Murray in for Price.

Biggars spot at 10 subject to a fitness test.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3307 on: July 30, 2021, 10:17:29 AM »
Daly was anonymous as he has been for England for ages.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3308 on: July 31, 2021, 11:33:35 AM »
Has there ever been so much whining after a defeat?
I don’t think it paints the Boks in a very good light.
I watched the game and I think the ref got most right but made some tight caps both for and against.

Offline paul_e

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3309 on: July 31, 2021, 06:16:15 PM »
lions 9-6 ahead at half time. Been very niggly, 1 yellow each way with Van De Merwe getting a yellow for a blatant trip and then Kolbe following him a couple of minutes later for tackling a man in the air (and he was very lucky it wasn't increased to a red, definitely an 'orange' incident).

Boks are giving away shitloads of penalties and the lions had a try disallowed, I think Faf was lucky not to be pinged for a high shot on Murray as well.

Final one, after the Kolbe tackle there was a bit of handbags but as part of it their hooker made sure he left one on Biggar (who also made a meal of it), bit cowardly from him and I'm surprised there wasn't more made of it.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3310 on: July 31, 2021, 07:15:50 PM »
Really poor 2nd half from the lions. Lost the physical battle and the subs had no impact.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3311 on: July 31, 2021, 09:22:18 PM »
I thought that the ref got both binnings correct. Kolbe never took his eyes off the ball. If he’d jumped at all, he wouldn’t have been binned.

Back when I was playing, VdM would have had a red card, but trips are a yellow these days.

Very impressed with the SA pack today. They could afford to take off a specialist back row because the Lions were offering very little threat running with the ball.

The attacking move for the final test would be to start Smith at outside half, with Farrell on the bench………never happen though.

Murray was very slow getting into position at times, so I’d start Price. However, neither are that impressive.

Daly might make my local 3rd XV next season.

I’d like to see Zammo start as well.

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3312 on: August 01, 2021, 12:43:30 PM »
The ref didn’t help but the lions were second best in pretty much every position in the second half.  Weird how both tests are almost carbon copies of each other but with the opposite outcome (ie second half revivals and getting the rub of the green from the ref).




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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3313 on: August 03, 2021, 09:17:12 AM »
What chance do we have Saturday?
We know what the Boks will do but can we counter it. We have to start kicking and catching better to have any chance.

Offline paul_e

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #3314 on: August 03, 2021, 09:31:09 AM »
What chance do we have Saturday?
We know what the Boks will do but can we counter it. We have to start kicking and catching better to have any chance.

We have to start kicking less and get the backs into the game, other than Van de Merwe running a crash line a couple of times and Hogg running back a few SA kicks I honestly don't remember seeing the ball moved outside Henshaw more than a couple of times in the entire game.

 


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