Match thread

Bones

Telea is brilliant. Now to use that to go forward fella!

taniwharugby

@African-Monkey wasnt that they were 'bad' just hardly had the ball, but when they did they score and then almost score...if they can get some more ball they will open the lions up

antipodean

Blues throwing away chances.

Bones

Sotutu! Notutu!

Gross.

nzzp

@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Lions:

Not surprised at the tiny crowd given everything going on.

Not bad, probably 12k I'd say

taniwharugby

that was classic Blues!

So close to being awesome, but not

KiwiMurph

Enjoying this main commentator.

taniwharugby

@KiwiMurph saw his name pop up before, never heard of him!

Good so far

Bones

@KiwiMurph I think the point is... Jantjies probably not the smartest player around, especially not as captain.

antipodean

How did the ref miss the Lions player being offside in general play?

Bones

What foul play were they looking for there?

taniwharugby

haha...just checking potentail foul play.
Faiane: On us?
Ref: THem
Faiane: Sweet

KiwiMurph

@Bones said in Blues v Lions:

What foul play were they looking for there?

When Mafileo went for the ball there was some contact.

What a waste of time.

Bones

I'm not sure you can award a PT if the guy being passed the ball is Parsons.

KiwiMurph

Blues need to keep starting Penalty Try.

Effective player.

2 tries in 2 games.

taniwharugby

@Bones haha....the rules dont differentiate between Parsons and rugby players! ๐Ÿ˜‰

KiwiMurph

@Tim Marshall, Te Nana but I didn't catch the name of the main commentator. A refreshing change from others.

Frank

Crowd widely spaced. Keeping their distance from one another.

African Monkey

@taniwharugby Great captaincy from the young man!

Tim

Apparently Dewar is on Radio Sport. What's his background?

KiwiMurph

That was a beautiful try.

Bones

@Duluth I think Sotutu has that front spot for the young 8s. Papalii warming into the game.

taniwharugby

aww c'mon, TJ, you coulda got that, didnt need to pass!

NIcely done though

KiwiMurph

Nock gets better every week - now he is starting to run.

antipodean

Amazing how well the Blues are starting to play now they have developed some confidence in themselves and their processes.

taniwharugby

@antipodean plus players being given chances to build combos rather than previous years chop and change for the sake of it

Duluth

@taniwharugby

I think there have been plenty of changes. Think of the loosies last year. The team is more organised

taniwharugby

@Duluth but there seems there has been more of a plan around changes as opposed to just changing week in week out despite form.

Duluth

@taniwharugby

I think itโ€™s just people donโ€™t complain about changes when the team is winning

Duluth

Great maul defence again. Credit to Coventry

KiwiMurph

Walsh and Renata have struggled at scrum time.