I love the British and Irish lions. It's the only time every rugby fan across the isles are unified in our wanting to beta southern hemisphere teams together. Beautiful.
It appears that the AB's don't learn from their mistakes. Conor Murray, with the exact same dummy, sailed through the exact same gap in defence that the AB's left open against Ireland in Chicago, only this time it was Perenara rather than Smith who shoulders the blame. Nice one Murray!
Farrell had his leg for a second but Sexton pushed him towards the wing which left the gap for murray to pass through. Similar to what Devin Toner did for the Gary ringrose try against Australia.
Did I say anything about winning the series? I said Conor Murray is the best nine in the world. So either _you're_ the one who needs to step away from the bar or you're genuinely stupid.
Huge Influence in beating the All Blacks twice within a year so I have to agree. Smith and Perenara are more flashy but Murray is more physical and better tactically. Like them all though and TJ is hard done by not starting at times imo
It seems that NZers think that every player who wares an all black jersey is the best in the world in their position. Simply not true. In the case of Murray, his game management, kicking, defence, unflappable calmness, power, passing, and most important, his consistency make him the best in my eyes.
Watch Neil Jenkins as the Lions kickers are about to strike the ball, Jenks goes through the motions of each kick as if he himself were kicking, watch his right boot "strike" the phantom ball, now theres a man with rugby in his blood
Far too many penalties conceded! Could well have lost that match without NZ scoring a try (I'm looking at you Mako). On the plus side it was nice to see us actually convert our chances into tries rather than butchering them like the during the rest of the tour.
Well done lions so proud! also monumental effort with 14 men from the all blacks who in my opinion are the only side who could still push so hard. Keiran read absolutely class in the post match press conference too exactly why I love the game third test is going to be UNBELIEVABLE what an atmosphere it will be both sides absolute class.
I'm not Welsh but Gatland is proving his critics wrong, the Welsh players he has picked have given some of the best performances of any country. Williams, Faletau, Davies, Biggar and Halfpenny when he played have all been brilliant.
Aldo Zilli I still haven't seen Williams take a high ball yet! Just his rubber chest bouncing the ball away. Aaron smith had a field day yesterday boxing to Williams!
Oh, Sonny Bill - you get injured in the Olympics and then this cheap shot in the BIL series to be sent off and banned for the third test. Talk about ruining your own legacy. Come on the Lions!!!
Which legacy are we talking about? The rugby one, or the boxing one where he fights fat has-beens, demonstrating perfectly that Sonny Bin Williams is just a bully with an attitude problem.
What a great team performance from the boys in red!! Those on the field and in the stands were immense! AB's didn't even look like scoring. Let the whinging commence.
Only strong communism can cure weak socialism. The Lions cannot win the 3rd test until Jeremy Corbyn conducts a purge of tour party members - then the result of the purge, the residue after it, will be an increase in the loyalty of workers who strive towards socialism, towards political consciousness, and towards the political struggle.
you weren't making any posts last week (when your 3-0 prediction bit the dust), the Lions deserved their win and lets hope your knack for wrong predictions continues, lol
glad to see someone mentioned sexton t thought he wa s imense he moves the back line , and he doesnt get shoved over in the tackle if we stop leaking penos we could do better . henderson on bench for the next one its a waste of talent ( other wise ime happy lol)
I'm still struggling to understand that last penalty. How is it tackling in the air off a pass? I've never seen that given in 20 years of watching rugby. Does it man that you just have to take a pass while jumping in the air and the defense can't touch you till you land? Can anyone clarify on that point?
Law 10.4 e ) Dangerous tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously. A player must not tackle an opponent whose feet are off the ground.
Law 10.4 e ) Dangerous tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously. A player must not tackle an opponent whose feet are off the ground. Unlucky but correct decision
I don't think that will be a problem as the risk of serious injury is too high. It would also be seen as bad sportsmanship and thankfully the rugby community still seems to frown on that sort of behaviour. I remember after the England Italy match in this years 6 Nations a lot of commentators were saying the 'No-ruck' tactic was going to spoil the game..... The rule could possibly be changed so that any 'unlucky' play like this results in a free kick instead of a penalty. Hard to enforce though and would result in a lot more subjective calls for the refs!
Dai Laughing I've seen it a few times and believe it's the correct thing to do for player safety! I have also taken a few high passes that required me to jump and my opposite man just smiled and absolutely cut me in half... I think that it what they are preventing from happening as it's dangerous. If people just start jumping for no reason they will get penalized for 'jumping a tackle'!!!
well done to NZ on helping to keep the future of the series alive; managed to give the lions one win anyways to emply some kind of competition between these two teams. Fair play to Sonny Bill for taking one for the series too..a guy who completely "forgot" he was playing union instead of league in the space of less than 5seconds prev from putting in a text book tackle around the hips.!!! the lions could easily get wiped out 3-0 here with a cricket score in each match but thats not exactly what the sponsors would like to see. A 3-0 drubbing would see Q's raised over the future of this particular tour.. with interest in the Lions as a concept Questioned. Too much money involved in this to see it binned. The marked difference between a seasoned 'team' and one flung together for a month, no matter how talented its parts in the current professional era would be automatically telling. All in all i feel sorry for the people who get sucked into the whole Lions concept and are pedalled as some fantasy of a competitive encounter, which A tour in New Zealand isnt to any degree anyways compared to Oz or Boks these days. 100% NZ win next days...put your house on it.
Get yourself a good kicker and maybe you will be able to beat us, not draw. NH is better than SH right now, England are on the same level as the All blacks, So are Ireland, Wales and Scotland have some of the best individual players in the world. Oh yeah and the way SA handled France was way better than how the ABs did last time they played france.
Loosing Sam Caine ,when they did, was disastrous for ABs, that in combination with Kainos absence and the defense started to unravel then- conceded all those late tries! Lions wont be sol lucky next time round!
I think the kiwis needed to be knocked down a peg, another minute of my neighbour saying the nzs are the best try scoring team in the world would have killed. Still close match and well played
You mean the best home nations player for the last two years? At least he can catch a high ball unlike our illustrious fullback at the moment! I'm not even Scottish but have to admit Hogg is special and the Kiwis were shitting themselves about him playing. Aaron Smith was having a field day yesterday boxing to Williams, he couldn't catch AIDS that boy!!
Ryan Durkin just to clarify my first sentence, Hogg was voted player of the 6 nations for both the last two seasons! He was nailed in for the test jersey.
Andrew Vance gatling wouldn't have picked him over halfpenny no chance halfpenny a former grand slam winner,lions series winner in Australia in 2013 and man of the series to boot what has hogg done fuck all let me tell you nz would rather have had hogg at full back than halfpenny hogg is crap under the high ball always out of position and can't tackle.
Ryan Durkin eh? Is this a wind up? Gatland has picked Liam Williams, a shit winger without any pace, ahead of Halfpenny! Hogg is ten times the player that Williams is. All the way during the last two six nations tournaments everyone had been certain Hogg was one of the first names on the team sheet for the lions, Halfpenny has done fuck all since the last Lions tour? Even then all he did was kick which cost us any actual attacking options outside! I have to be honest, I'm not entirely sure your not trolling right now! The 3 players I reckon were set in stone to start were Billy V, Farrell and Hogg! I'm convinced they all would have but for injury!
Sonny Williams red card incident looks worse the more I see it. They should give him a long suspension for that. Utterly horrible challenge. Suspect also the AB management may end his career.....he looks a liability on the field.
And you're all quick to comment on the safety of Watson that SBW put in danger, but no body's talking about the young Waisake Noholo going off for concussion by a cheep shot while he was on the ground, or the fact that vinapolo (or how ever you spell his name) was deliberately targeting Barret to injure him just for a Lions cheep win. Lions didn't deserve that game, and they'll find out what's coming for them when J Savea replaces SBW
The god Mako simply held his line when he first collided with Barrett spilt seconds after he kicked (don't get me started on slow motion replied making takings look later and worse than they are) and second time I thought it was a totally legal clear out! Barrett should have conceded a pen for being on the wrong side of the ruck - only mistake the ref made!
The god if you have to jump to take a kick or pass than yes, but if you jump for no reason you get penalized for jumping the tackle! By the book the ref was totally correct!
The god what tackle are you referring to? The first Mako incident on Barrett was no tackle, he was just running and they collided, no change indirection do no pen. Second one was a clear out, not a tackle, simple. If that's a pen then you're saying it's illegal to clear out at a ruck!
What a boring game from nzl all they can do is kick, didn't score any tries this Match. Shit game from them didn't deserve to win. (If yo can't tell I'm making a joke about how that's all the all black fans have been saying about lions) 😂😂
Can't see a lions victory in the last match, we only just scraped through against 14 men with conditions in our favour.... they'll be pretty pissed about losing.... can see a 20 point NZ victory
You can only play what's in front of you so forget the whingers on 14 men and BB leaving 9 points out there. Narrow win in dire conditions and a series decider next week. The NZ Chancellor of their exchequer must be thrilled. Taxi to Heathrow please!
He spoiled the game with that foul. It wasn't a tackle and could have ended with a broken neck and a shame that some here think that is part of the game.
The truthful and honest way in which to declare the result of this match is, a follows:- New Zealand (14) 21 - 24 The British and Irish Lions (15) NZ played 90% of the game being a man down (an over harsh decision by a referee). Even so, they kept their noses in front of a Lions side, until the very last moments of a gigantic game. If anyone truly believes the Lions would have won this test match, with an equal number players on either side - they are can only be living in cloud-cuckoo land.
75% actually, go study maths cos you NZ fans have been in "cloud-cuckoo land" for way too long. Point is, it was a fair match, the only reason it was 14 vs 15 was because a player from the All Blacks 15 didn't know how to tackle properly. Accept the truth and stop living in your fantasy. The rest of the world are on the same level as the All Blacks now and you all know it, you just won't accept it.
The old blacks must of thought who the fuck is jeremy Corbyn when the lions supporters started chanting 🎼🎼Oooooh🎼🎼 jeremy Corbyn oooooh🎼🎼 jeremy Corbyn
I'm English only seen the highlights of this match so don't have a true reflection of it, but from what Ive seen from it, we basically had a man advantage for 75% of the game and barely scraped a victory. happy we did but less be honest, sounds like all things being equal wed have probably lost, wonder what the result would have been if we'd have been a man short for most of the match... even so we won and that's all the recorded will show
Combed Autumn what you've got to realise is nz are always breaking the rules and playing dirty it's just that in this game they've been caught for the first time ever and they didn't want to send him off apart from the I've seen many games where the likes of the all nobs and south africa should have had players sent off but officials are afraid to.
The Australian and New Zealand sides loved the success they had against amateur Northern hemisphere sides now the tables are turned no longer will the Southern hemisphere prosper.
Great game, scrappy at times and discipline was poor, definitely a red card it was a cowardly cheap shot. Looking forward to the final test, let's be honest if NZ had won that game the third test would have been a damp squib.
gatland is not very good. This lions squad is the best ever and his kick and chase tactics are rubbish. The lions would lose to England on their own because Gatland is not a good user of quality talent. Don't confuse the lions winning with a win for gatland tactics. New Zealand were a man down for half the game.
Nick you must be out of your mind if you think that winning by 3 points playing 14men for 60minutes is a great performance ,yes Williams deserved the yellow but I thought we would have taken our chances and really put NZ on the back door and make it easier for ourselves in the 3rd test but we won due to a doggy penalty ,come on the lions are meant to be tougher and yes happy we won but seriously could have easily won by at least 15 points to really build strong momentum
Indeed, a win it was, and congratulations to the Lions. You deserved it. It just wasn't convincing enough win, in the event, to persuade anybody, except maybe the most foolhardy, that this Lions team have what it takes to actually win a series here! Not even close!
mnnh1 And what exactly was it about NZ's performance that shows they're up for it. Kicking penalties? If that was us, we wouldn't hear the end of it in regards to how 'boring' and 'dull' Northern rugby is (it isn't by the way). And even in that department, Barrett was poor, missing pens. And then go back to the 1st Test. Yes, you guys were clinical, but the scoreboard flattered you. We basically handed you that 3rd try. Nothing exactly convincing from the ABs from that Test either overall. This ABs team is below your usual standards. Forget the Lions, even the ABs credentials on this tour are questionable. We were the better team today and deserved the victory.
John Lookman Clueless. The rugby NZ played in parts of the first test was some of the slickest and quickest I have seen. BIL have some amazing players and are doing a great effort but couldn't live with NZ in that first test which underlines how good NZ are. They could in the 2nd because they were a man up.
SBW silly man. Rugby league bullshit shoulder charge. He's a bit like nonu who had problems with tackling correctly. Rather a cheap shot from such a capable player, especially against someone half your size. What a Silly Billy
What a game from the Lions!!! Farrell played very well (I'm not a big fan of his, extremely overrated in my opinion still...but still give credit when credit is due). Sam Warburton had a blinder of a game!!! not turning it over but slowing it at the break down all night, he more than validated his selection. Good performance all round except from Mako Vunipola....which is unusual.
He can't be too bad if he's won back to back 6 nations, back to back European Cups, 3 Premiership finals, 2017 European player of the year, whitewash tour of Australia and now beaten the ABs in 2 of the 5 games he's played them. Oh and 2 (maybe 3, not sure) time world player of the year nominee.
T1000 Yes...but what is the common theme thou? he's a part of great teams...with fantastic forwards. Makes Fly half's look alot better than they actually are. For, example...you can't say his Kicking is world class can you, or in Defense!!! but like I said, credit where credit is due....he played very well today. 👌
Nada Barton his kicking and his defense are both world-class. He's also a very good decision maker. Sure he has good forwards, but he definitely should be given some credit - he knows how to win rugby games.
Nada Barton 159 penalties attempted for England, 129 scored. 411 penalties attempted for Saracens, 359 scored. His conversion statistics are even better by the way. I would put that right up there with the best. Out of hand, his tactical kicking is usually good even though it has been a bit off recently. You also have to remember that he is a 10 not a 12 so defensively (at 10 not 12) he is excellent. He is world class 👍🏻. Just saying 😉
Steven Williams TBF to them Wellington is a bit remote.....population 6 Maoris, 8 nuns, a vicar, and an elk called Dennis......It was bathnight for Dennis, he couldn't make it.
Well I don't see this as a cause for celebration, lions seemed to play better before sonny sent off, turned to absolute shit after that. played against 14 men for an hour and could barely scrape a win, would have been slaughtered if New Zealand had full team for the whole match. Warren Gatland is completely clueless, been shit for Wales for years and now dragging the lions down as well, no plan B when things are going wrong. Need to be so much better for next week, can they turn it around???
SavageArfad I'm aware of that I did watch it, don't think the lions should be happy with that performance, got a real challenge on their hands next week and I don't think they're good enough
It looked like some of the team (Vunipola) were actively trying to make the Lions lose, it was bizarre. They should have played better after Sonny Bill got sent off, not worse!?
I'm really disgusted with Anthony Watson headbutting sbw shoulder in that manner it should have been him sent off and not sonny bill so i can see why all you kiwis are so bitter and twisted
I love the British and Irish lions. It's the only time every rugby fan across the isles are unified in our wanting to beta southern hemisphere teams together. Beautiful.
Best game of Rugby I've seen for a long time, simply sensational
Yes boys fantastic, Farrell amazing as always... LIONS, LIONS, LIONS!!!!
So many warriors out there! Maro Itoje was my man of the match
This was class. Love coming together.
Lions fans have been brilliant... Sound like the home fans.
good point-you Kiwi have Weish heritage?
Me? 100% Welsh
Was watching this in Florida at half past three in the morning. Worth it.
There must be a mistake with these highlights, they didn't show any of the All Blacks tries... oh wait 😂
nothing wrong with the highlights Phil, they are so desperate as "the best team in the world", they are showing Colin Meads scoring
Steven Williams they wasn't the best team when meads played wales was.
FUNNY 😂!!
Yes Mimi, it is funny,,,,, but strangely true
first game in 39 tests when they havent scored a try. Unreal! And havent lost at home since 2009 to SA. this win was an achievement in itself!
It appears that the AB's don't learn from their mistakes. Conor Murray, with the exact same dummy, sailed through the exact same gap in defence that the AB's left open against Ireland in Chicago, only this time it was Perenara rather than Smith who shoulders the blame. Nice one Murray!
Pretty sure it was Farrels cheeky off ball tackle that took TJ out of the play to set up Murray. Watch the replay. Great game.
It was Sexton
No it wasn't. Sexton's running behind murray as he scores. It was Farrell.
Farrell had his leg for a second but Sexton pushed him towards the wing which left the gap for murray to pass through. Similar to what Devin Toner did for the Gary ringrose try against Australia.
Harry Molyneux it was sexton Who pushed him away
This looked like a serious lions tour
Lions teams play a brand of rugby every fan wishes to watch open rugby done with precision and skill.
Conor Murray best nine in the world without a doubt.
Gordon Campbell yeh that's true but he is the best 9 and Aaron smith just behind
Did I say anything about winning the series? I said Conor Murray is the best nine in the world. So either _you're_ the one who needs to step away from the bar or you're genuinely stupid.
WhammyTime91 I have some doubts...
Huge Influence in beating the All Blacks twice within a year so I have to agree. Smith and Perenara are more flashy but Murray is more physical and better tactically. Like them all though and TJ is hard done by not starting at times imo
It seems that NZers think that every player who wares an all black jersey is the best in the world in their position. Simply not true. In the case of Murray, his game management, kicking, defence, unflappable calmness, power, passing, and most important, his consistency make him the best in my eyes.
1:00 and replayed at 1:09 Barrett has a cheeky look up to see where the referee is before deciding to stay down after Vunipola's clean out.
Well done boys, closer than it should have been, gonna be a great 3rd test.SBW deserved the red.
Watch Neil Jenkins as the Lions kickers are about to strike the ball, Jenks goes through the motions of each kick as if he himself were kicking, watch his right boot "strike" the phantom ball, now theres a man with rugby in his blood
Far too many penalties conceded! Could well have lost that match without NZ scoring a try (I'm looking at you Mako).
On the plus side it was nice to see us actually convert our chances into tries rather than butchering them like the during the rest of the tour.
+T1000... My word you are a bundle of joy !!!
Hahaha, trust me I'm gonna be smiling all day due to this result but I hate it when we concede those stupid penalties.
T1000 Furlong should of smacked him across the arse or head this time 🤣😁😀
Ha definitely. Someone needed to.
Don't get too carried away - you were up against 14 for most of the game!
Let's go lions on to next week show these lads how to play. 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁#makethemseered
Sinckler still causing trouble at the final whistle😂😂
He was looking for one more penalty.
Brilliant win for the Lions. Anyone notice it's the same commentator from the 2005 nz tour haha.
Good win
a great game of rugby!
amazing nz tries.. best team in the world! amazing tries
Best team in the eh!
No wonder when they have a selection choice of 4 nations
@@davidprosser457let's the South donut then
Faletau ... Faletau .... OH TOBY FALETAU!!!
Well done lions so proud! also monumental effort with 14 men from the all blacks who in my opinion are the only side who could still push so hard. Keiran read absolutely class in the post match press conference too exactly why I love the game third test is going to be UNBELIEVABLE what an atmosphere it will be both sides absolute class.
Have it-oh yes!!!
I'm not Welsh but Gatland is proving his critics wrong, the Welsh players he has picked have given some of the best performances of any country. Williams, Faletau, Davies, Biggar and Halfpenny when he played have all been brilliant.
Aldo Zilli I still haven't seen Williams take a high ball yet! Just his rubber chest bouncing the ball away. Aaron smith had a field day yesterday boxing to Williams!
Why did the subtitle have to give away who scored?! Thanks.
interesting to see the first player to get to Faletau was Captain Sam , good Captain stuff!
Sam Warburton made a difference. Leaving SOB to truck it up and both slowing the ball
down at Aaron Smith's feet.
O'Brien cleared for the decider best lions player over the two games.
4 years later and still awesome. Bring on 2029
Oh, Sonny Bill - you get injured in the Olympics and then this cheap shot in the BIL series to be sent off and banned for the third test. Talk about ruining your own legacy. Come on the Lions!!!
not really ruined it tho lmao. he'll b remembered for being a beast.
A true All Black
Yes he is.
I was agreeing he is a true All Black. On a cheap shot thread. Just my little joke. I amused myself greatly.
Which legacy are we talking about? The rugby one, or the boxing one where he fights fat has-beens, demonstrating perfectly that Sonny Bin Williams is just a bully with an attitude problem.
What a great team performance from the boys in red!! Those on the field and in the stands were immense! AB's didn't even look like scoring. Let the whinging commence.
hahahhahahahaha I can't stop laugh hahahahha ing. 2-1 to the mighty lions
Adam yep
LIONS,LIONS,LIONS!!!!
stfu adam
Only strong communism can cure weak socialism. The Lions cannot win the 3rd test until Jeremy Corbyn conducts a purge of tour party members - then the result of the purge, the residue after it, will be an increase in the loyalty of workers who strive towards socialism, towards political consciousness, and towards the political struggle.
you weren't making any posts last week (when your 3-0 prediction bit the dust), the Lions deserved their win and lets hope your knack for wrong predictions continues, lol
The absolute *perfect storm* of playing 14 men in the pouring rain and they win with a kick on 77mins. Gatland is a lucky boy
glad to see someone mentioned sexton t thought he wa s imense he moves the back line , and he doesnt get shoved over in the tackle if we stop leaking penos we could do better . henderson on bench for the next one its a waste of talent ( other wise ime happy lol)
I'm still struggling to understand that last penalty. How is it tackling in the air off a pass? I've never seen that given in 20 years of watching rugby. Does it man that you just have to take a pass while jumping in the air and the defense can't touch you till you land? Can anyone clarify on that point?
Law 10.4 e ) Dangerous tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously.
A player must not tackle an opponent whose feet are off the ground.
Law 10.4 e ) Dangerous tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously.
A player must not tackle an opponent whose feet are off the ground.
Unlucky but correct decision
in the laws of rugby it's a penalty enough said
I don't think that will be a problem as the risk of serious injury is too high. It would also be seen as bad sportsmanship and thankfully the rugby community still seems to frown on that sort of behaviour. I remember after the England Italy match in this years 6 Nations a lot of commentators were saying the 'No-ruck' tactic was going to spoil the game.....
The rule could possibly be changed so that any 'unlucky' play like this results in a free kick instead of a penalty. Hard to enforce though and would result in a lot more subjective calls for the refs!
Dai Laughing I've seen it a few times and believe it's the correct thing to do for player safety! I have also taken a few high passes that required me to jump and my opposite man just smiled and absolutely cut me in half... I think that it what they are preventing from happening as it's dangerous. If people just start jumping for no reason they will get penalized for 'jumping a tackle'!!!
well done to NZ on helping to keep the future of the series alive; managed to give the lions one win anyways to emply some kind of competition between these two teams. Fair play to Sonny Bill for taking one for the series too..a guy who completely "forgot" he was playing union instead of league in the space of less than 5seconds prev from putting in a text book tackle around the hips.!!! the lions could easily get wiped out 3-0 here with a cricket score in each match but thats not exactly what the sponsors would like to see. A 3-0 drubbing would see Q's raised over the future of this particular tour.. with interest in the Lions as a concept Questioned. Too much money involved in this to see it binned. The marked difference between a seasoned 'team' and one flung together for a month, no matter how talented its parts in the current professional era would be automatically telling. All in all i feel sorry for the people who get sucked into the whole Lions concept and are pedalled as some fantasy of a competitive encounter, which A tour in New Zealand isnt to any degree anyways compared to Oz or Boks these days. 100% NZ win next days...put your house on it.
Get yourself a good kicker and maybe you will be able to beat us, not draw. NH is better than SH right now, England are on the same level as the All blacks, So are Ireland, Wales and Scotland have some of the best individual players in the world. Oh yeah and the way SA handled France was way better than how the ABs did last time they played france.
FFS you put the final score in the title! Why would you do that?!
Loosing Sam Caine ,when they did, was disastrous for ABs, that in combination with Kainos absence and the defense started to unravel then- conceded all those late tries! Lions wont be sol lucky next time round!
Thanks to Sonny Bill Williams for the free win. Keep it up.
England beating NZ in the Semis felt like closure after the draw 😂
I think the kiwis needed to be knocked down a peg, another minute of my neighbour saying the nzs are the best try scoring team in the world would have killed. Still close match and well played
ohhhhhh maro itoje
And all that without Billy V and Hogg!!
Andrew Vance hogg don't make me laugh he would have been found out in defence.
You mean the best home nations player for the last two years? At least he can catch a high ball unlike our illustrious fullback at the moment! I'm not even Scottish but have to admit Hogg is special and the Kiwis were shitting themselves about him playing. Aaron Smith was having a field day yesterday boxing to Williams, he couldn't catch AIDS that boy!!
Ryan Durkin just to clarify my first sentence, Hogg was voted player of the 6 nations for both the last two seasons! He was nailed in for the test jersey.
Andrew Vance gatling wouldn't have picked him over halfpenny no chance halfpenny a former grand slam winner,lions series winner in Australia in 2013 and man of the series to boot what has hogg done fuck all let me tell you nz would rather have had hogg at full back than halfpenny hogg is crap under the high ball always out of position and can't tackle.
Ryan Durkin eh? Is this a wind up? Gatland has picked Liam Williams, a shit winger without any pace, ahead of Halfpenny! Hogg is ten times the player that Williams is. All the way during the last two six nations tournaments everyone had been certain Hogg was one of the first names on the team sheet for the lions, Halfpenny has done fuck all since the last Lions tour? Even then all he did was kick which cost us any actual attacking options outside!
I have to be honest, I'm not entirely sure your not trolling right now! The 3 players I reckon were set in stone to start were Billy V, Farrell and Hogg! I'm convinced they all would have but for injury!
Not the first time the great Sonny Bill has been yellow carded for such a cheap shot and I doubt it will be the last!
Sonny Williams red card incident looks worse the more I see it. They should give him a long suspension for that. Utterly horrible challenge. Suspect also the AB management may end his career.....he looks a liability on the field.
Gatland has devalued the jersey from 0 to 1.
So you can get a penalty if you randomly jump while getting tackled now????
And you're all quick to comment on the safety of Watson that SBW put in danger, but no body's talking about the young Waisake Noholo going off for concussion by a cheep shot while he was on the ground, or the fact that vinapolo (or how ever you spell his name) was deliberately targeting Barret to injure him just for a Lions cheep win.
Lions didn't deserve that game, and they'll find out what's coming for them when J Savea replaces SBW
The god Mako simply held his line when he first collided with Barrett spilt seconds after he kicked (don't get me started on slow motion replied making takings look later and worse than they are) and second time I thought it was a totally legal clear out! Barrett should have conceded a pen for being on the wrong side of the ruck - only mistake the ref made!
The god if you have to jump to take a kick or pass than yes, but if you jump for no reason you get penalized for jumping the tackle! By the book the ref was totally correct!
If you tackle the man without a ball in his hand purposely or not it's illegal, no less illegal than a poorly timed no armed tackle
The god what tackle are you referring to? The first Mako incident on Barrett was no tackle, he was just running and they collided, no change indirection do no pen. Second one was a clear out, not a tackle, simple. If that's a pen then you're saying it's illegal to clear out at a ruck!
Lots of favouritism from every ref when nz play.
SBW: THUG!
Falatau is the best to ever do it
What a boring game from nzl all they can do is kick, didn't score any tries this Match. Shit game from them didn't deserve to win. (If yo can't tell I'm making a joke about how that's all the all black fans have been saying about lions) 😂😂
Great result motm itoje
Possibly. Between Itojie and Faletau
Red Rocket or obrien
Oh Toby Faletau............ive just come in my boxers!
The all blacks always take step towards there own team whenever they do line outs!!
Can't see a lions victory in the last match, we only just scraped through against 14 men with conditions in our favour.... they'll be pretty pissed about losing.... can see a 20 point NZ victory
Sonny Bell
You can only play what's in front of you so forget the whingers on 14 men and BB leaving 9 points out there. Narrow win in dire conditions and a series decider next week. The NZ Chancellor of their exchequer must be thrilled. Taxi to Heathrow please!
He spoiled the game with that foul. It wasn't a tackle and could have ended with a broken neck and a shame that some here think that is part of the game.
The truthful and honest way in which to declare the result of this match is, a follows:-
New Zealand (14) 21 - 24 The British and Irish Lions (15)
NZ played 90% of the game being a man down (an over harsh decision by a referee). Even so, they kept their noses in front of a Lions side, until the very last moments of a gigantic game. If anyone truly believes the Lions would have won this test match, with an equal number players on either side - they are can only be living in cloud-cuckoo land.
75% actually, go study maths cos you NZ fans have been in "cloud-cuckoo land" for way too long.
Point is, it was a fair match, the only reason it was 14 vs 15 was because a player from the All Blacks 15 didn't know how to tackle properly.
Accept the truth and stop living in your fantasy.
The rest of the world are on the same level as the All Blacks now and you all know it, you just won't accept it.
The old blacks must of thought who the fuck is jeremy Corbyn when the lions supporters started chanting 🎼🎼Oooooh🎼🎼 jeremy Corbyn oooooh🎼🎼 jeremy Corbyn
I'm English only seen the highlights of this match so don't have a true reflection of it, but from what Ive seen from it, we basically had a man advantage for 75% of the game and barely scraped a victory. happy we did but less be honest, sounds like all things being equal wed have probably lost, wonder what the result would have been if we'd have been a man short for most of the match... even so we won and that's all the recorded will show
Combed Autumn what you've got to realise is nz are always breaking the rules and playing dirty it's just that in this game they've been caught for the first time ever and they didn't want to send him off apart from the I've seen many games where the likes of the all nobs and south africa should have had players sent off but officials are afraid to.
The Australian and New Zealand sides loved the success they had against amateur Northern hemisphere sides now the tables are turned no longer will the Southern hemisphere prosper.
Great game, scrappy at times and discipline was poor, definitely a red card it was a cowardly cheap shot. Looking forward to the final test, let's be honest if NZ had won that game the third test would have been a damp squib.
The Lions adapted better to the wet conditions, they all blacks never even came close to scoring a try
That would have been a red in 1970 anyway.
First yay
watching the game now,,,,,, its amazing the "home crowd" are booing the all blacks, their penalty kicker is crap, i wonder if grant fox is fit
lions were given the game with that ridiculous penalty in the end. If that makes you think you are better than the all blacks, then good for you.
Where's the Gatland haters?
gatland is not very good. This lions squad is the best ever and his kick and chase tactics are rubbish. The lions would lose to England on their own because Gatland is not a good user of quality talent. Don't confuse the lions winning with a win for gatland tactics. New Zealand were a man down for half the game.
Nick you must be out of your mind if you think that winning by 3 points playing 14men for 60minutes is a great performance ,yes Williams deserved the yellow but I thought we would have taken our chances and really put NZ on the back door and make it easier for ourselves in the 3rd test but we won due to a doggy penalty ,come on the lions are meant to be tougher and yes happy we won but seriously could have easily won by at least 15 points to really build strong momentum
Nick here
Here,the Lions won in spite of Gatland and Howley not because of them
Eh?
have that you sheep farmers!
Today proves that Barrett is nothing on Carter! Thank god it wasn't Carter today as we'd have lost it if it was... and that's the difference!!
Fucking get in!!! Blatant red card from a scummy player with a reputation for illegal hits
He deserved the the red- but even then, its not as if you guys ran away with it, you only just about won!
mnnh1 Yes, 'won' being the key word.
Indeed, a win it was, and congratulations to the Lions. You deserved it. It just wasn't convincing enough win, in the event, to persuade anybody, except maybe the most foolhardy, that this Lions team have what it takes to actually win a series here! Not even close!
mnnh1 And what exactly was it about NZ's performance that shows they're up for it. Kicking penalties? If that was us, we wouldn't hear the end of it in regards to how 'boring' and 'dull' Northern rugby is (it isn't by the way). And even in that department, Barrett was poor, missing pens. And then go back to the 1st Test. Yes, you guys were clinical, but the scoreboard flattered you. We basically handed you that 3rd try. Nothing exactly convincing from the ABs from that Test either overall. This ABs team is below your usual standards. Forget the Lions, even the ABs credentials on this tour are questionable. We were the better team today and deserved the victory.
John Lookman Clueless. The rugby NZ played in parts of the first test was some of the slickest and quickest I have seen. BIL have some amazing players and are doing a great effort but couldn't live with NZ in that first test which underlines how good NZ are. They could in the 2nd because they were a man up.
SBW silly man. Rugby league bullshit shoulder charge. He's a bit like nonu who had problems with tackling correctly. Rather a cheap shot from such a capable player, especially against someone half your size. What a Silly Billy
What a game from the Lions!!! Farrell played very well (I'm not a big fan of his, extremely overrated in my opinion still...but still give credit when credit is due). Sam Warburton had a blinder of a game!!! not turning it over but slowing it at the break down all night, he more than validated his selection. Good performance all round except from Mako Vunipola....which is unusual.
He can't be too bad if he's won back to back 6 nations, back to back European Cups, 3 Premiership finals, 2017 European player of the year, whitewash tour of Australia and now beaten the ABs in 2 of the 5 games he's played them. Oh and 2 (maybe 3, not sure) time world player of the year nominee.
T1000 Yes...but what is the common theme thou? he's a part of great teams...with fantastic forwards. Makes Fly half's look alot better than they actually are. For, example...you can't say his Kicking is world class can you, or in Defense!!! but like I said, credit where credit is due....he played very well today. 👌
Faletau! Faletau! Faletau!
Nada Barton his kicking and his defense are both world-class. He's also a very good decision maker. Sure he has good forwards, but he definitely should be given some credit - he knows how to win rugby games.
Nada Barton 159 penalties attempted for England, 129 scored. 411 penalties attempted for Saracens, 359 scored. His conversion statistics are even better by the way. I would put that right up there with the best. Out of hand, his tactical kicking is usually good even though it has been a bit off recently. You also have to remember that he is a 10 not a 12 so defensively (at 10 not 12) he is excellent. He is world class 👍🏻. Just saying 😉
the all blacks are now a joke,,,,, even the local crowd doesnt bother to turn up to watch them,,,, 90 percent of the crowd are Lions supporters
Steven Williams TBF to them Wellington is a bit remote.....population 6 Maoris, 8 nuns, a vicar, and an elk called Dennis......It was bathnight for Dennis, he couldn't make it.
LOL well done Clem, it was a surprise thats for sure.lets hope Dennis can make it next week
Now put Sonny Bill back in and we'll get battered
i presume he'll have a small ban
Ireland were too good for New Zealand last year, so they've thrown some Brits in to make it fair
lol, I would be argue but I have a good sense of humor
terrible highlights
Too many Englishmen on this team
6 England players started , they won the test and they all played well. 😂😂😂😂
Well I don't see this as a cause for celebration, lions seemed to play better before sonny sent off, turned to absolute shit after that. played against 14 men for an hour and could barely scrape a win, would have been slaughtered if New Zealand had full team for the whole match. Warren Gatland is completely clueless, been shit for Wales for years and now dragging the lions down as well, no plan B when things are going wrong. Need to be so much better for next week, can they turn it around???
SavageArfad I'm aware of that I did watch it, don't think the lions should be happy with that performance, got a real challenge on their hands next week and I don't think they're good enough
It looked like some of the team (Vunipola) were actively trying to make the Lions lose, it was bizarre. They should have played better after Sonny Bill got sent off, not worse!?
If Barrett had kicked as well as he did in the 1st test , ABs would have won comfortably. So count your your blessings this time!
I'm really disgusted with Anthony Watson headbutting sbw shoulder in that manner it should have been him sent off and not sonny bill so i can see why all you kiwis are so bitter and twisted