Match thread

Dodge

I can't watch today and am listening to TalkSport, which Ben Kay is doing his best to turn into a listenable version but the commentator is appalling, no idea where the ball is on the pitch, who's got it, what's happening, he thinks he's a summariser on TMS.

Therefore any fuller descriptions of incidents would be appreciated

wtf was that ruck ..... parks picked it up and put it back in the ruck???

KiwiMurph

Reds lack of size in their backs evident on that cross kick

ACT Crusader

@Canes4life oh yeah, they kicked 2 in that must win game, the second last of the season. The only 2 for the season.

BIL clearly use to slow playing rucks and set plays .... I am all for them getting a hurry up and can se Park getting pinged for fluffing around before to long

Canes4life

That was lovely by the Aussie Sam Nock

Dodge

Sounds like Duhan is playing himself out of a test place here

ACT Crusader

Excellent try

Canes4life

@Dodge said in Reds v British Lions:

Sounds like Duhan is playing himself out of a test place here

Mac Hansen will happily take his spot.

Dodge

Freeman will start in the tests IMO, with Lowe on the other wing

too easy again ... BIL just need to hold on to the pill and they will run away with it

KiwiMurph

Odd restart strategy

Kick it straight to JGP

mariner4life

Get a shoulder on you fucking cat

booboo

Canham worries me as an All Black fan.

I predict big things from him.

offside not a thing obviously

booboo

Dumb Seru

FFS ...stoopid is as stoopid does

ACT Crusader

Reds certainly creating opportunities but letting themselves down

Reds have gifted the BIL two very soft tries.

mariner4life

They're playing alright but they look really disorganised.

The Lions are actually clinically pulling them apart. This will get ugly without the Lions having to work that hard

booboo

@ACT-Crusader said in Reds v British Lions:

Reds certainly creating opportunities but letting themselves down

Said ti Mrs Boo, if Reds get some ball they're in this. But not getting enough ball.

ACT Crusader

Dolph Lundgren plays rugby now?

mariner4life

Reds lineout has been quietly more efficient than the Lions.

ACT Crusader

@mariner4life said in Reds v British Lions:

Reds lineout has been quietly more efficient than the Lions.

Combination of a couple of big units and a hooker that doesn’t muck around on the calls.

Bones

Wasn't that out off the wing, rather than from the kick? Or is the flag considered out? No sound here...

antipodean

Five on two and the Lions stuff it up.

KiwiMurph

@Bones said in Reds v British Lions:

Wasn't that out off the wing, rather than from the kick? Or is the flag considered out? No sound here...

If the winger was out when he touched it that may be deemed dead in goal?

@Bones said in Reds v British Lions:

Wasn't that out off the wing, rather than from the kick? Or is the flag considered out? No sound here...

Comms said something similar ...... but the TMO said dead before anyone touched it

mariner4life

The good news for the wallabies is, they appear to be running the Irish "wrap to make space" back line.

So if you can jam them at centre you can stop them.

The problem is the inexperience of the wallabies 13

ACT Crusader

@mariner4life said in Reds v British Lions:

They're playing alright but they look really disorganised.

The Lions are actually clinically pulling them apart. This will get ugly without the Lions having to work that hard

In their pattern, once they go left they have created an acre of space for their centre to use along with one forward trailing. Good to watch.

Tordah

fun watch so far. Reds making a fist of it

MiketheSnow

Daly playing himself into the Test 15 shirt