Well done the Boks and enjoy the series win all you Saffer ferners.

Hats off to Finn Russell who played well and kept his flaky side firmly in the cupboard. Much will likely be made of the difference he brought to the Lions play but I feel that would be missing the point. Until he came on I counted the number of times the ball went past the first receiver and from memory it was once. Just once. That is not down to Biggar being unable to execute that sort of game, he’s shown time and time again he can. So clearly this continued one out drive followed by the inevitable kick was the game plan. Many will look at individual selection being the cause of both the style of play and the loss but the more expansive play with Russell was with the same guys that Biggar had round him. In truth the Lions, any of them, had the ability to play that game but were instructed otherwise.

Gatland and co were too conservative and inflexible. SA outcoached us as much as anything.

@catogrande Spot on

@nta said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

Just watched the first half.

How is bok 8 not sitting down for 10 minutes? Charging into a breakdown, no bind, shoulder first, to a player on the ground.

If it's the same incident, the Ref & TMO looked at it and decided he was going under the Lions player to help clear the ruck.

Considerig the off-the-field bollocks, I thought the Refs did a pretty good job overall and Jonker was fine as TMO.

@nzzp said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

I'm in a minority, but I enjoyed that game and the series. The rugby never reached great heights, but it was meaningful competition, and games we don't see often. I was happy with it.

It was series of two halves for me. The 1st Test and the 1st half of the 2nd were a bit ugh, but from that point on it seemed to come alive. There were some moments of really good rugby in the last game.

@nzzp said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@nostrildamus said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

how is Gatland's coaching rep looking like now? Doesn't seem to have been a great year/season for him.

he is a really really good coach.

In terms of NZers I'd like to see coaching us, it'd be

Rennie
Robertson
Joseph/Brown/Gatland
Daylight
Foster

That's a bit unfair on the Daylight bloke..

That was like watching the best bird in the club being walked home by a munter because we were all too chicken shot to ask her to dance.

Spitting

@mikethesnow said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

That was like watching the best bird in the club being walked home by a munter because we were all too chicken shot to ask her to dance.

Spitting

You ought to have all asked the second fittest.

@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@mikethesnow said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

That was like watching the best bird in the club being walked home by a munter because we were all too chicken shot to ask her to dance.

Spitting

You ought to have all asked the second fittest.

I was being kind

We weren’t allowed to ask her to dance because it was Munter Martin’s chance to be normal

And he fucking blew it

But coach was happy because Martin tried with coach’s game plan

@victor-meldrew said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@nta said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

Just watched the first half.

How is bok 8 not sitting down for 10 minutes? Charging into a breakdown, no bind, shoulder first, to a player on the ground.

If it's the same incident, the Ref & TMO looked at it and decided he was going under the Lions player to help clear the ruck.

Considerig the off-the-field bollock, I thought the Refs did a pretty good job overall and Jonker was fine as TMO.

Yeah they did. No idea how they reached that conclusion though. I'm not an expert on the rules, but he clearly smashed into Jones' back at speed, undoubtedly dangerous and surely not legal.

Jonker did fine considering. Not impressed with the refs on the whole, but they did have a tough job to do.

@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

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Can't make out if that is a parody site or if it simply has a problem with Sth African rugby. Headline after headline about how evil the Boks are and why the result of the Lions tour should be overturned in the LIons favour.

@victor-meldrew said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

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Can't make out if that is a parody site or if it simply has a problem with Sth African rugby. Headline after headline about how evil the Boks are and why the result of the Lions tour should be overturned in the LIons favour.

There are a few sites that pop up on my fb feed and this is one of them. Without exception they are a pile of shite. Jingoistic, one eyed, myopic, biased with click bait headlines that usually bear little resemblance to the pathetic article.

Not a parody unfortunately, but you are excused for asking same!

@victor-meldrew can’t vouch for site, but videos indicate that in Lions series and in RWC Final, in attack situations close to goal line Boks had someone from support staff stationed around area calling oppo plays and steering defence into place.

@catogrande said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

There are a few sites that pop up on my fb feed and this is one of them. Without exception they are a pile of shite. Jingoistic, one eyed, myopic, biased with click bait headlines that usually bear little resemblance to the pathetic article.

Not a parody unfortunately, but you are excused for asking same!

Easy mistake when you look at what passes for Journalism these days...

@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@victor-meldrew can’t vouch for site, but videos indicate that in Lions series and in RWC Final, in attack situations close to goal line Boks had someone from support staff stationed around area calling oppo plays and steering defence into place.

It's a fair point ruined by ridiculous jingoism.

@victor-meldrew said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@pakman said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@victor-meldrew can’t vouch for site, but videos indicate that in Lions series and in RWC Final, in attack situations close to goal line Boks had someone from support staff stationed around area calling oppo plays and steering defence into place.

It's a fair point ruined by ridiculous jingoism.

Agreed. I think they rely on external content, which they ‘recycle’.

That said, check out 30 minutes in on this from Wibble:

@catogrande said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

There are a few sites that pop up on my fb feed and this is one of them. Without exception they are a pile of shite. Jingoistic, one eyed, myopic, biased with click bait headlines that usually bear little resemblance to the pathetic article.

just to be clear - you're not talking about the Fern, are ya

@nzzp said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@catogrande said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

There are a few sites that pop up on my fb feed and this is one of them. Without exception they are a pile of shite. Jingoistic, one eyed, myopic, biased with click bait headlines that usually bear little resemblance to the pathetic article.

just to be clear - you're not talking about the Fern, are ya

Put like that…

@nostrildamus said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

how is Gatland's coaching rep looking like now? Doesn't seem to have been a great year/season for him.

Nor the year before that don’t forget.

@nzzp said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

@catogrande said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:

There are a few sites that pop up on my fb feed and this is one of them. Without exception they are a pile of shite. Jingoistic, one eyed, myopic, biased with click bait headlines that usually bear little resemblance to the pathetic article.

just to be clear - you're not talking about the Fern, are ya

The Fern is the opposite of "Jingoistic, one eyed, myopic".

Even Chiefs supporters think Foster should go.