Thank god that’s over.

Well done Aus, shame you couldn't have found that grit a bit earlier.

@Bones said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Well done Aus, shame you couldn't have found that grit a bit earlier.

Like 2012

Ikitau was fantastic

Selection questions should haunt Australia, why not select Tupou for the 23 in tests 1&2? Why wasn't Uru involved?
Farrell made some odd selections too, Aki, Freeman and Lowe were pretty poor throughout.
Tuipolutu if fit is a couple of levels above Aki these days.
Biggest question for me though is why do Australia wear orange instead of gold??

@pooler-fan said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Biggest question for me though is why do Australia wear orange instead of gold??

That's Australian Fucken Gold my friend and don't you forget it!

@NTA said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@pooler-fan said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Biggest question for me though is why do Australia wear orange instead of gold??

That's Australian Fucken Gold my friend and don't you forget it!

It's like watching the Netherlands play football

@pooler-fan said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Selection questions should haunt Australia, why not select Tupou for the 23 in tests 1&2? Why wasn't Uru involved?

The non selection of Tom Hooper in test 2 should be added to that. Crazy.

@akan004 said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@pooler-fan said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Selection questions should haunt Australia, why not select Tupou for the 23 in tests 1&2? Why wasn't Uru involved?

The non selection of Tom Hooper in test 2 should be added to that. Crazy.

We had Valetini?

@NTA said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@akan004 said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@pooler-fan said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Selection questions should haunt Australia, why not select Tupou for the 23 in tests 1&2? Why wasn't Uru involved?

The non selection of Tom Hooper in test 2 should be added to that. Crazy.

We had Valetini?

Is Gleeson a better bench option than Hooper? Not for me.

@akan004 said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@NTA said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@akan004 said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@pooler-fan said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Selection questions should haunt Australia, why not select Tupou for the 23 in tests 1&2? Why wasn't Uru involved?

The non selection of Tom Hooper in test 2 should be added to that. Crazy.

We had Valetini?

Is Gleeson a better bench option than Hooper? Not for me.

A good point. I guess I was thinking more about starting players. Gleeson is a good bench option for when the game breaks up a little

Sheehan gave a good post match interview.

Unlike Itoje who was a bit of a tool after Tests 1 & 2

@NTA said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@akan004 said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@NTA said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@akan004 said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@pooler-fan said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Selection questions should haunt Australia, why not select Tupou for the 23 in tests 1&2? Why wasn't Uru involved?

The non selection of Tom Hooper in test 2 should be added to that. Crazy.

We had Valetini?

Is Gleeson a better bench option than Hooper? Not for me.

A good point. I guess I was thinking more about starting players. Gleeson is a good bench option for when the game breaks up a little

I'm not sure Tom Hooper would have been as effective last week - his game suits a grinding wet weather style. Last week was far more open

@NTA said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Unlike Itoje who was a bit of a tool after Tests 1 & 2

And managed to come off as an even bigger twat at the trophy presentation.

Go scream at a lineout you dozy fluffybunny.

@NTA what did he do?

@Bones said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@NTA what did he do?

Has not acknowledged the opposition once. Thanked RA for hosting while giggling at his team mates, but never even said the word "Wallabies".

Sheehan did.

Greatest ever Lions, my arse.

Didn’t see the game as was standing in a passport queue in Porto for most of it. Selections killed us, but fair play to the wobs, love how much they cared

@mariner4life All French rugby fans do!

@Dodge said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Didn’t see the game as was standing in a passport queue in Porto for most of it. Selections killed us, but fair play to the wobs, love how much they cared

That Porto one is the worst in recent times I can recall.

@sparky said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Greatest ever Lions, my arse.

Nobody was bad
But like the Irish team, good sides who can match them physically have worked them out and nullify them

It’s Schmidt’s homework that Farrell is copying after all

Joe marking Andy’s homework?

In one scrum Porter got to 45 degrees with Tupou He ended up packing parallel with the halfway line!

Well got up this morning, and pleased with result. Although I wasn't overly worried who won series, was pleased it wasn't a sweep, as I never really thought personally it was a 'great' Lions team. I tried to watch game, but after getting home form a bloody good shield game in New Plymouth, it just felt flat, and when the stop for lightning happened , I headed for bed, So good on Wallabies, and congrats to Lions for series win.

Just watched replay.

Match was officiated well, (TMO was a farce though, clean out on Lynagh, and then looking at nothing for 3mins ffs) Particularly pleased to see BIL constantly told not to put the ball in to the opposition to milk advantage / penalties at every ruck.

Bledisloe is going to be good this year, Wallabies galvanized through the BIL series and building some nice combos.

@NTA said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@Bones said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@NTA what did he do?

Has not acknowledged the opposition once. Thanked RA for hosting while giggling at his team mates, but never even said the word "Wallabies".

Sheehan did.

He does come off as a smug prick. And that was before the head knock....

@canefan said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@NTA said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@Bones said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@NTA what did he do?

Has not acknowledged the opposition once. Thanked RA for hosting while giggling at his team mates, but never even said the word "Wallabies".

Sheehan did.

He does come off as a smug prick. And that was before the head knock....

Yeah he knows he just has to walk on for the hyper critical Pom rugby media to laud him.

Decent series, lions really weren’t up for game 3 but the Wobs were.

Could not for the life of me stay awake last night. Succumbed 10mins in (shame we didn't need a wicket). Just watched the replay.

Well done Wobblies. Enjoyed that. Bit of everything. And then a bit more.

Wobs underdone in the first half of series.

Could make an interesting Bledisloe.

@Tordah said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Worst refereeing performance since Marius Jonker in the third Lions Test 2025

He is improving. One day he might be good enough to referee first class if he gets enough test experience.

(Interesting he seemed to consult with BOK a lot, moreover than Piardi.)

@Mattasaurus said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

Just watched replay.

Match was officiated well, (TMO was a farce though, clean out on Lynagh, and then looking at nothing for 3mins ffs) Particularly pleased to see BIL constantly told not to put the ball in to the opposition to milk advantage / penalties at every ruck.

Bledisloe is going to be good this year, Wallabies galvanized through the BIL series and building some nice combos.

Officiating was bang average. Porter should be blown out of the game the way Al Baxter was. Genge is dodgy as well.

The Geogian ref doesn't enforce clear release or rolling away from the defending team which I don't like personally. He did a good job when the players were getting a bit stroppy. It was a good hard test.

Of the three the Italian bloke is the best. I'd rank them in this order.

Italian Bloke
Georgian Bloke
BOK
Jonker

Hooper really came of age in that test. He's a real beast in those type of conditions.

@akan004 said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

This ref is an amateur. Unbelievable.

Frighteningly bad.

It is patently unacceptable.

Hard to know how much to read into it ,

Wallabies have won dead rubber type games against us and got a bit carried away with how much it means , but good on them all the same

Just a shame they didn’t hang on in the second test and this one was the decider .

Questions should be asked of the following:

1. WR continuing to use Marius Plonker as a TMO
2. Amashukeli as the only Georgian who doesn't know a thing about scrums
3. Farrell picking well out of form Irish players.

Is anyone almost relieved we haven't got any tests next week. It will almost be good to have a rest from whining etc about refs. As soon as we get to tests etc, it winds up to incredible levels, and almost seems nobody is actually enjoying the tests. Super is a step down, but not by much, one of the reasons I think that we enjoy NPC so much?

@Dan54 Just accept the whinging will happen and enjoy the rugby. That was a terrific test series in comparison to what the doomsdayers were predicting in the leadup.

It is a shame we have to go away to South Africa now and get the shit beaten out of us.

Twice.

Was in a newsagent today for unrelated reasons, and picked up the Daily Telegraph which is a disgusting league rag, but had the Wallabies mentioned on the front and full page image on the back.

Naturally you have to dig through 10 pages of NRL to get to the Wallabies two-page spread.

One of the journos was saying that allowing Kiss to serve out his time at the Reds until mid next year is a mistake, and I can't help but agree.

We're going to take our lumps this TRC but at least with a new coach in place we could have a full 2 year runup to RWC2027

@KiwiMurph said in Wallabies vs Lions III:

@Dan54 Just accept the whinging will happen and enjoy the rugby. That was a terrific test series in comparison to what the doomsdayers were predicting in the leadup.

I did mate, but as I said it be good to have a break from it for a week or so. I not getting at Aussies or Poms etc, just the higher level rugby is the more whining we seem to get.

There was a pleasing level of Biff in this game.

Memo to World Rugby: more of that please.