Oh my god, flopping over a ruck with both forearms on the floor and you win the pen??

@Dodge said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Oh my god, flopping over a ruck with both forearms on the floor and you win the pen??

Spin the Wheel of Williams.

As a balanced neutral who doesn’t want the Lions to win, this is pretty frustrating. For every good thing the Tahs do, they go and fuck it up

I've cursed Grant there

At least we're unlikely to concede 50

Suck it Qld

TAKE THE 3!!

They have dominated territory, but so many handling errors from Lions. Andy Farrell will be livid.

TMOs moment to shine… again

@Darth-Sader said in Waratahs v British Lions:

TMOs moment to shine… again

Fair's fair

Penalty to the Tahs

Pretty awful game.

What shits me the most about that: nearly every maul has that kind of obstruction. Only the ones at tries are ever looked at

@NTA said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Bring Jack Grant on and give him some time at 9

He needs a LOT of time....

Aaron Smith in the crowd

I brought him into existence with my earlier remark

@NTA said in Waratahs v British Lions:

@sparky said in Waratahs v British Lions:

I absolutely hate the yelling at opposition errors. Fuck me, our game used to have standards and values.

Aaron Smith says hi

Speak of the devil !

Is Callaway on the outer with the Wallabies, or just softening up the Lions ahead of the tests?

@Darth-Sader said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Is Callaway on the outer with the Wallabies, or just softening up the Lions ahead of the tests?

Potter and Jorgensen probably the favoured wings and then Daugunu but lots can change - Wallabies play tomorrow

The skill execution by the Tahs tonight was very average. Almost every time they’ve had the ball in the last 20-30 mins they’ve fkd it.

Lions who put their hand up: jones, Mitchell
Lions who put their hands down: Finn smith

Rest. Meh.

Tahs: huge heart.

@Canes4life said in Waratahs v British Lions:

The skill execution by the Tahs tonight was very average. Almost every time they’ve had the ball in the last 20-30 mins they’ve fkd it.

Interested to see the handling error count between the two teams.

@NTA Is he cheering loudly at errors by both sides?

Tahs can be proud of that. Might not have been skilful but tried their guts out

We reduced it to a pit fight, and stopped the juggernaut.

Not a great game for the razzle dazzle, but I'll take the moral victory

A third win for the Lions on Australian soil, but an unconvincing performance in many ways.

Huge heart from the Waratahs, but they lacked the skills to make it count.

Sadly, what I'll probably remember most about the game in a few days time is the baffling officiating. We really should be talking about the players not the officials yet again.

Terrible game all around.

Not the best game but a good contest.

Wallabies will definitely have to bone up in the scrums to have a chance against this outfit

Cool thing for Hugh Sinclair to play in that game in his last game.

That was a gutsy effort from NSW when you consider they had two halfbacks who were throwing out some terrible passes all game, and they made some dumb decisions from penalties and free-kicks. You couldn't fault their commitment on defence.

@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Cool thing for Hugh Sinclair to play in that game in his last game.

He spoke well, you can see how much that meant to him. Respect.

@Tanifulla said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Terrible game all around.

Cool story, bro

After that, both the Brumbies on Wednesday and the Anzac squad next Saturday will believe they have a good chance of downing the Lions........

@sparky said in Waratahs v British Lions:

After that, both the Brumbies on Wednesday and the Anzac squad next Saturday will believe they have a good chance of downing the Lions........

Anzac game should be fun

Tackle completion was
76% Tahs
82% Lions
Hardly exceptional for a team of Test players

@NTA I think they are vulnerable if they encounter a team who, like Argentina, have the skills to really attack them.

Jones is locked in at 13

@MiketheSnow said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Jones is locked in at 13

Agree. Live question as to who he partners with in the midfield. Tuipoluto in the box seat but we know Farrell could default to Aki.

@ACT-Crusader It'll be Bundee.

@sparky said in Waratahs v British Lions:

@ACT-Crusader It'll be Bundee.

Bundee has been better so far this tour cause Tuipulotu has looked rusty coming back from a long term injury but given how scratchy some of the combos have looked if he wanted to pick Jones at 13 he could be tempted to just play the Scottish 10-12-13 combo in the first test.

I expect he's going to either go with that or just pick the Irish combo, a mix and match seems more risky.

@NTA said in Waratahs v British Lions:

@Tanifulla said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Terrible game all around.

Cool story, bro

Keep claiming those moral victories bud! You guys were bound to have one of those this season.

@MajorRage said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Lions who put their hand up: jones, Mitchell
Lions who put their hands down: Finn smith

Rest. Meh.

Tahs: huge heart.

Mitchell looks like the most important person in my firm's finance department but he's probably only middle management.