RugbyRebels

16th man wrote:Crusaders error count is a horror show. For the team that should have cohesion on their side they've been woeful.

They're embarrassing. Once in a life time opportunity for their players and their fans and they produce this shower.

scrum half no attempt to penetrate at all.
Slow ball and predictive ball.

Lizard wrote:WHY WOULD YOU KICK THAT!

Mistook themselves for the Hurricanes for a moment. Only one without all the backline talent and the Bogan.

Props to Papa Faz and Wig, but why Howley is looking so pleased with himself is beyond me.

Laughable skills from the Crusaders.

The Lions' defensive speed has been very impressive and seems to have rattled the Cru into making errors.

Useful to know for Super Rugby playoffs.

Howley laughing his arse off in the box. 3 games, 2 tries. What else can you do but laugh?

Crusaders contained, but too many points passed up by the Lions on attack.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone started a petition to get these weaker teams removed from super rugby.

I R Geech wrote:Props to Papa Faz and Wig, but why Howley is looking so pleased with himself is beyond me.

He's just got a joke that Gatland told him 4 years ago in Oz.

Ready for the Farrell wank fest?

WaspInWales wrote:Ready for the Farrell wank fest?

It will be over the top but, that missed penalty aside, he was actually pretty good today. The tactical kicking from him, Sexton and Murray was vastly improved today.

16th man wrote:

WaspInWales wrote:Ready for the Farrell wank fest?

It will be over the top but, that missed penalty aside, he was actually pretty good today. The tactical kicking from him, Sexton and Murray was vastly improved today.

Aye, he was ok. Some very nice touch finders and moved the ball on well enough.

Seemed like every one of the cru hard a dreadful case of hard hands. Nothing stuck, all night.

canta_brian wrote:Seemed like every one of the cru hard a dreadful case of hard hands. Nothing stuck, all night.

Needed a couple of Blues players to show them how to perform in the big matches...

Much better in almost all areas.

Good to see Farrell and Sexton combining well. I think that's a combo for the tests and Murray at scrum half is a huge plus. Shame for JD2 who looked alright before going off injured, but I thinkTeo is making one of the centre shirts his.

We definitely need much more in attack though. Hats off to the defence and the forwards, but we just couldn't score tries. I doubt the ABs will have the same problem.

Did we learn anything from that?

Honestly, it really feels like the Lions best shot is with as many English players as possible...Mako, George, Kruis, Farrell, Te'o and Watson all did well.

After the 3 matches so far, I think I'd likely go for something like:

Mako
George
Furlong
Itoje
Kruis
SOB? I'm unsure on 6, tbh.
Warburton
Faletau
Murray
Farrell
North
Te'o
Joseph
Daly
Watson


Best, McGrath, Sinckler, AWJ?, Tipuric, Webb, Sexton, LWilliams

Sandydragon wrote:Much better in almost all areas.

Good to see Farrell and Sexton combining well. I think that's a combo for the tests and Murray at scrum half is a huge plus. Shame for JD2 who looked alright before going off injured, but I thinkTeo is making one of the centre shirts his.

We definitely need much more in attack though. Hats off to the defence and the forwards, but we just couldn't score tries. I doubt the ABs will have the same problem.

Seriously? Passing when he shouldn't to break down one try scoring oppo, and then failing to hold on to a breadbasket pass with the line beckoning. I'd say that was pretty crap...

Has there been any news on whether Hogg is alive or does nobody there give a shit?

Yo. Missed this match. Reading the updates here, is it fair to summarise as cru poor, lions better leaving a fair few points begging? There several injuries? Hogg and jd2? So the game finished with sexton and farrell? Did sexton look a bit back to his old self?

Gats making a point about the kick that wasn't given.

To me, it didn't look like it went between the posts...it was over the pole. Tjs called it correct imo.

Mr Mwenda wrote:Yo. Missed this match. Reading the updates here, is it fair to summarise as cru poor, lions better leaving a fair few points begging? There several injuries? Hogg and jd2? So the game finished with sexton and farrell? Did sexton look a bit back to his old self?

Sounds about right really. Sexton better but not 100%

Stander' performances are slightly conc RBI g when we've been banking on his carrying so heavily in Vunipola's absence. I think Obrien looked a bit like his old set though.

Looked to me like the Crusaders are used to physically bullying teams and against that particular Lions team they ran into a side that wasn't going allow that. In fact, second half Lions really battered the Crusaders in defence.

Maybe the Lions might actually struggle more with some of the other franchises that play in a different way.

A win against NZ's best S15 team is not to be sneezed at. the Lions did a lot right and were easily the better side. With more precision and composure when in try scoring positions the score could have been a lot more decisive. Its here where the work needs to be done. Several times over the first three game the Lions have established good attacking positions 5-10 meters out from the tryline, yet have failed to score.

Mikey Brown wrote:

Mr Mwenda wrote:Yo. Missed this match. Reading the updates here, is it fair to summarise as cru poor, lions better leaving a fair few points begging? There several injuries? Hogg and jd2? So the game finished with sexton and farrell? Did sexton look a bit back to his old self?

Sounds about right really. Sexton better but not 100%

Stander' performances are slightly conc RBI g when we've been banking on his carrying so heavily in Vunipola's absence. I think Obrien looked a bit like his old set though.

Stander is looking like a dirt tracker...