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.

@junior said in Waratahs v British Lions:

@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.

We fired him last year for getting drunk at the Xmas party and inviting the boss's mum back to the holiday inn.

Ireland's favourite English nepotist is claiming the Waratahs watered their pitch. They are claming they didn't.

The Lions are looking less green by the day

@sparky said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Ireland's favourite English nepotist is claiming the Waratahs watered their pitch. They are claming they didn't.

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A diligent lions fan probably just puased all over it before the kickoff.

@sparky said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Ireland's favourite English nepotist is claiming the Waratahs watered their pitch. They are claming they didn't.

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Has Farrell never been to Australia? They really don't know how to do grass over here. I think groundskeeping is a one week Cert IV.

The surface at the SFS is easily the worst part about it. Speaking to people in the industry, a lot of corners were cut to meet project deadlines. The issue now is that it's a year-round surface so starting again is going to be extremely difficult.

@sparky said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Ireland's favourite English nepotist is claiming the Waratahs watered their pitch. They are claming they didn't.

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Irish and British don't have experience of wet pitches? Does it not rain over there?

@antipodean said in Waratahs v British Lions:

@sparky said in Waratahs v British Lions:

Ireland's favourite English nepotist is claiming the Waratahs watered their pitch. They are claming they didn't.

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Irish and British don't have experience of wet pitches? Does it not rain over there?

Dry as a nun's in Ireland