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MrDominator

iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:52 pm
blindcider wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:51 pm A lions tour without fans is and was a shit idea.
And the thing is if you're to rank the tours that one is usually the best for the fans

SA
Nz
Aus

In that order

SA
Aus
Daylight
NZ

MrDominator

These guys just do whatever they want... Questions have been raised over why a member of the Springbok backroom staff was on the pitch during a crucial moment in the third Test between the Lions and South Africa. In the 70th minute of the match, with the Lions hammering away at the South Africa line...

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Erasmus did his best to kill the golden goose. Strangely, it appears to be only the Australians (and premiership spivs) who realise how valuable the Lions are to world rugby. The Australians have been progressing nicely in the sportsmanship stakes since the nadir of John Howard flinging England's m...

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You need to work the politics better.

Get carriage-racing and 'mac laying in the Games and you lads will be in clover

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Erasmus did his best to kill the golden goose. Strangely, it appears to be only the Australians (and premiership spivs) who realise how valuable the Lions are to world rugby. The Australians have been progressing nicely in the sportsmanship stakes since the nadir of John Howard flinging England's m...

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Two words:

Inferior genetics.

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Rugby - Players, Staff, Coaches, Laws, Referees. The whole thing is overly micromanaged. Risk Averse styles with defences and rules rewarding them are winning the day. Systems so boring and deliberate to draw penalties and field position. There’s no point going wide anymore, not really. Games too m...

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Played shit, turgid rugby.

Intimidated the referees throughout the series.

Blatantly broke the rules with on-field coaching.

And benefited from some of the spawniest decisions you'll ever see.

But yeah, well done lads

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nardol wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 7:09 pm rugby has a serious problem in that so much of the points scored and key moments were completely down to interpretation.

100%.

You'd think Reynal would give the benefit of the doubt to the team trying to play rugby, but no...

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Terrible, terrible advert for rugby.

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Itoje took his manhood in Yokohama and that was the end of it for Brodie.

He's never been the same player since.

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This is the most All Blacks performance ever.

Unconvincing in nearly every aspect of the game, but somehow running away with it on the back of a few flukey tries.

They'll be found out by the Bok/English/French big dogs.

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Two very poor teams, it has to be said.

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Excerpt from Steve Hansen's new book: The All Blacks versus England in a World Cup semi-final. The stakes couldn't have been higher and yet the All Blacks, famed for their ability to come alive in the big games under Hansen, gave one of the meekest performances of his eight-year reign. England adopt...

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Gentlemen eat veal cutlets

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Buying expensive Scotch is always the first step in the colonial's quest for civility.

You'll be listening to Bach and investing in a retro futurist art collection next

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I've never seen Kiwi fans so brittle.

Deep down, they all know their era is done.

But they can't quite bring themselves to believe it...

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We need a PhD Thesis - or maybe a Tom English book - on why the colonials go full batshit when the Lions come to town. It's clearly some kind of post-colonial complex. That much is obvious. Australia 2013 and New Zealand 2017 are the only tours I can remember where the locals didn't thoroughly embar...

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dOMINATOR's done a pretty good job of arguing your point for you here TubbyJ... One AB loss keeps his type going for... decades. One loss? Humiliated by the Irish twice Couldn't beat the Lions in '17 Couldn't get past England in '19 Some might think you're a pretty average mob living off your reput...

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May have been down to vaccination status. Doubt it. There was a story around the Covid outbreak before the Sharks game saying that a number of Lions staff (and potentially players) hadn't been vaccinated. It clearly didn't stop them touring. Gatland's shit selection skills are to blame :thumbdown: ...

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tubbyj wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:10 pm What about Irish supporters living vicariously through England?

Wrong poster lad

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tubbyj wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:09 pm In regards to the All Blacks losing there was no manshaming they were simply beaten in a one off game by a great performance by England. Shame only comes when you can't back that kind of performance up a week later.

They were beasted, bullied, humiliated and thoroughly, emasculatingly DOMINATED.

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Sooner or later All Black fans will realize that beating the All Blacks is the pinnacle for most players and certainly coaches and certain ones like Eddie Jones become obsessed with doing this, for the plaudits it brings him personally, often at the cost of ignoring all other potential threats. The...

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First point is fine but wtf has his father being a doctor got to do with his intellect. I'll tell what, it has feck all to do with it. It actually does. Including gene inheritance. Get fecked :lol: Genetic inheritance is responsible for at least 50% of intelligence. Intelligence is undoubtable a co...

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BOD on Newstalk tonight: 'Slade's omission was mind-boggling'. I called it at the time. Worst Lions (non-)selection in history? If they knew they were going to play this way an out of form Billy V would still be the best option. Carrying hard without the possibility of an offload is kinda his thing...

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May have been down to vaccination status. Doubt it. There was a story around the Covid outbreak before the Sharks game saying that a number of Lions staff (and potentially players) hadn't been vaccinated. It clearly didn't stop them touring. Gatland's shit selection skills are to blame :thumbdown: ...

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From Kabbadi:

Players must hold their breath for the entire duration of a scrum, including re-sets. Would speed the game up in no time

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Sooner or later All Black fans will realize that beating the All Blacks is the pinnacle for most players and certainly coaches and certain ones like Eddie Jones become obsessed with doing this, for the plaudits it brings him personally, often at the cost of ignoring all other potential threats. The...

MrDominator

BOD on Newstalk tonight: 'Slade's omission was mind-boggling'. I called it at the time. Worst Lions (non-)selection in history? If they knew they were going to play this way an out of form Billy V would still be the best option. Carrying hard without the possibility of an offload is kinda his thing...

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Ja - it's a weird one this Sabbatini does not fit the profile of an AWB man let alone one would get the tat and then he is a golfer and not many of them come across as particularly brainy He graduated from the University of Arizona although I'm not sure with what subjects. His father is a doctor. I...

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May have been down to vaccination status. Doubt it. There was a story around the Covid outbreak before the Sharks game saying that a number of Lions staff (and potentially players) hadn't been vaccinated. It clearly didn't stop them touring. Gatland's shit selection skills are to blame :thumbdown:

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BOD on Newstalk tonight: 'Slade's omission was mind-boggling'.

I called it at the time. Worst Lions (non-)selection in history?

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Who the hell is Squidge?

You nerds spend far too much time on the Internet

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A logical, Bok-beating XV for this series would have been something like: 1. Mako 2. LCD 3. Furlong 4. Itoje 5. Lawes 6. Beirne 7. Curry 8. Conan 9. Price 10. Ford 11. May 12. Henshaw 13. Slade 14. Adams 15. Steward And, most importantly, fine the players their entire match fees if they passed the b...

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Northern Hemisphere logic everywhere. You can not out bosh the springboks! Choose a more mobile pack and fast, skillful backs and move the big fellas around and you might get the win. You need a 10 that attacks to set the backline alight. At least 1 midfield who is a genuine threat with the ball an...

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Listened to Brian Moore's podcast He said Biggar passed the ball only three times Saturday What a waste of a form player, and a guy like Henshaw who was also in great form before the tour I mostly feel for the back 3 and especially A.Watson who was harshly dropped in my opinion. He's been overall b...

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He doesn't actually have a clue what team to pick, or how to prepare them - tactically and strategically - to beat the Boks. Presumably that ignores the first test. The test where he, you know, picked and prepared a team and beat the Boks. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Staggering post a Covid-riddl...

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Gatland is basically making it up as he goes along, isn't he? He doesn't actually have a clue what team to pick, or how to prepare them - tactically and strategically - to beat the Boks. His dire selection skills were less of an issue with Wales, because they only ever had about 15 decent players, m...

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He's always been a bottle merchant, imo.

Far too erratic

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This Rocketz lad is a bit of a case

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