2017 International Tests

[OrbitalDawn]

Conditions not great in Wellington, unfortunately. Ball retention is going to be a big factor.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

What a dumb cnt move, SBW.

 

[Arthur]

Tough. Red technically ok, but a yellow + penalty also. Now game is stacked, sadly. Stupid, stupid SBW.

 

[greg0205]

What a dumb cnt move, SBW.

Will say this, a collective drop of pee just came out of the Sky commentary team. Not for the shoulder charge 'tho, rather for the prospect of an hour or so of the Lions getting to play against fourteen men... Just a tad bit partisan.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Will say this, a collective drop of pee just came out of the Sky commentary team. Not for the shoulder charge 'tho, rather for the prospect of an hour or so of the Lions getting to play against fourteen men... Just a tad bit partisan.

Haha. Suppose that was to be expected.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Garces was inconsistent there. Lions got a point.

 

[Solitude]

Wow poor discipline in this game.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

What the hell... That was also a shoulder to the head. Should have been red, too. :erm:

 

[Solitude]

It's a good game. The red card actually made the game more even.

 

[Solitude]

If the game is won on a penalty because a player jumped just before the tackle then that would be very unfortunate.

 

[greg0205]

I guess the lesson international coaches need to take from this is to have attacking players jump just before a tackle, just as soon as you're in kicking range. Any phase of play will do... :erm:

 

[OrbitalDawn]

That is such bullschit, tbh. Sinckler literally jumps into Faumuina and it's a penalty? Can players just start jumping before contact and make it penalties?

 

[Vrotappel]

That last penalty spoiled this great match. Utter BS.

 

[Solitude]

Damn that sucks. Oh well, looking forward to the final test.

 

[Arthur]

Awinzawin!

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Terrible game all round, to be honest. Horrid discipline from both teams, horrid refereeing. Garces is garbage. Why is he even refereeing at this level? He can't even explain his decisions to the players.

 

[SlowInternet]

So the BL manage a win against 14 players. The last penalty spoiled the whole game. The All Blacks will take the last game.

 

[greg0205]

Terrible game all round, to be honest. Horrid discipline from both teams, horrid refereeing. Garces is garbage. Why is he even refereeing at this level? He can't even explain his decisions to the players.

Oh my God. The number of tackles in the air he missed during that 80 minutes...

[video=youtube;XwrEoO4qG9Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwrEoO4qG9Q[/video]

 

[OrbitalDawn]

And Poite is refereeing next week. Worst of the lot. Ugh.

 

[CorrieV2.0]

Any game the ABs lose is a good game to me.