Squeeky bum time....
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British & Irish Lions III
You can criticise their style as much as you like but the Bok machine keeps on winning. Top of the world right now.
It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.
@sparky said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
French ref having a shocker. Unsurprisingly.
One bad mistake - which didn’t impact the better team winning
Otherwise best refereeing performance in ages
Lions blew it
@mattasaurus said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
@tordah I was sitting here thinking the same thing
We’ll see when NZ play SA
@tordah said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.
It depends what you are looking for. That was high drama.
The physicality, discipline and steel of the Springboks is frankly amazing. You might not like how they play. But I doubt they and their supporters care one iota.
@mikethesnow I thought abs Aussies were poor last night too
@akan004 said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
Williams cost the Lions the series by not passing to an unmarked man in the 1st half. I don't think the Boks would have been able to come back from a 14 point deficit.
I’ve been waiting for this
Curry should have been substituted at 40 mins in 1st Test and stood down thereafter.
If you watch it back, Curry gave away needless penalties at critical times which were far more instrumental in the BIL loss.
@tordah said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
It's probably just the cynic in me, but I've got the feeling the quality of the whole of international rugby has fallen down a cliff compared to the mid 2010's.
It's the constantly nagging the Ref, more medics on the field than in the local hospital, cynical attempts to get penalties, stoppages, coaches playing stupid mind-games which is ruining the game for me.
Lions blame games for this one are going to be going on for a very long time.
For me, it was always a tour too far for Warren Gatland.
I’m convinced that Russell was told to wise up at half-time and play the game plan and in the second half he no influence
@sparky said in Springboks v British & Irish Lions III:
Lions blame games for this one are going to be going on for a very long time.
For me, it was always a tour too far for Warren Gatland.
100%
Garland 2.0 was needed
@mikethesnow The problem is Watson was ragdolled when he came on in the 1st test so am not sure who they could have replaced Curry with. Curry was incredibly disappointing though which was a surprise, normally he's a match winner. Have to question a few of Gatland's selections even prior to the tour and his tactics of playing Bok style rugby for most of the series was a wrong one. They looked so good in the 1st half when they decided to play a bit.