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Winning streak snapped, undefeated streak continues.

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Hopefully he bet it at Bet365 and not with the NZ TAB. Under Australasian rules for draws in two way moneyline markets he would've lost $42,000 ($100k *1.16*0.5), at 365 he would've got his $100k back in full.

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Saracens would give our second string side a good go.

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Itoje man of the series, Faletau man of the tour.

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Taurua wrote:How did the Cookies go against Mexico and Brazil?

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Taurua wrote:Ok I found the last time the All Blacks went tryless in a game at home, a 12-6 win versus South Africa in Christchurch, 13th July 2002.

And the last time the All Blacks went tryless at home and lost the test was in a 3-13 loss to South Africa in Wellington, 25th July 1998.

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The Lions lead the try count in this series, so they'll be stoked with the lack of rain.

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How did the Cookies go against Mexico and Brazil?

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If it's active players: 15. Jordie Barrett 14. Rieko Ioane 13. Anton Lienert-Brown 12. Adam Whitelock 11. Julian Savea 10. Beauden Barrett 9. Ben Youngs 8. Billy Vunipola 7. Ardie Savea 6. Akira Ioane 5. Sam Whitelock 4. Scott Barrett 3. Daniel Lienert-Brown 2. Tom Youngs 1. Mako Vunipola Had to pla...

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Pressure in comparison to what? In years past All Black captains and coaches were in danger of being sacked, nothing will happen if we lose this weekend.

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On ya Bucko, there were plenty of haters in the waiting for this one, and most were Kiwis. He'll be suffering a lot right now, but he'll learn a lot from the situation (I hope!) Yep. He was one of the best players for the ABs in the 1st test, but most tall poppy syndrome-diseased kiwis were unwilli...

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Itoje was completely dominant that first half. Disrupting opposition lineouts, defusing mauls, getting over the ball every tackle and making the AB forwards work to blow him off, he was head and shoulders the best player on the field that first half. I'm not sure why two penalties in the second half...

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It's had a lot of staying power that slogan though. I'm pretty sure "Absolutely Positively Wellington" dates back to around 1990. There was also a song made for the slogan too. And by a song made, it's a cover of "I'm a Believer", but with Absolutely Positively Wellington thrown in the lyrics at som...

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117-111 was a joke but 115-113 was on the money.

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Also, if you're saying Itoje was average out there yesterday then I can only presume you didn't watch the first half.

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...and the Lions gave away 10 attempted penalty kicks, so they've been getting nabbed for their offences.

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I'd give him a 9/10 for the first half and a 5/10 for the second. He was bossing the ABs that first half, the ABs had to abandon the rolling maul because of him.

4/10 overall is woefully laughable.

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SBW probably gets suspended anyway, so I guess that's Laumape in, and Jordie getting on the bench.

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Ok I found the last time the All Blacks went tryless in a game at home, a 12-6 win versus South Africa in Christchurch, 13th July 2002.

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Diego wrote:NZ were kept tryless in a game? Can't say I remember any.

Last time was Bledisloe I in 2014 (a 12-all draw)

I wonder when they were last kept tryless at home though, that must be a while back.

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Well done Lions, impressive coming back from 18-9 down to score two tries in wet conditions.

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Itoje delivering big time, and showing Kiwis why he was in the discussion for the world rugby player of the year award last year.

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You feel like the Lions really needed at least a three from that good play early on.

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2007 for sure. 2003 you could dismiss by saying haha fudge John Mitchell, but yeah 2007 stung.

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Mr Mike wrote:40% against the Super MDCCLXXXVI teams, but still the opportunity to end up positive overall.

If a push counts as a loss I guess. I see 2-1-2 as 50% myself.

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Yellow seemed reasonable to me. Red wouldn't have been unfair, but it would've been at the very low end for a red offence.

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France v Japan at North Harbour stadium in the 2011 world cup. Made an effort for the world cup, but otherwise I've always preferred TV for rugby, much easier to see what's going on in the scrums and rucks.

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I may be a dissenting voice here but I think that the Lions have a shout. Gatland will not care about the result from any of the midweek games and will only focus on the tests where I think the Lions will take a similar approach to Ireland...namely a highly structured, disciplined ball control phas...

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Last year I didn't see Wales get thrashed, let alone lose to an All Black-less Chiefs last year, and I imagine many of the 12 Welsh picked are going to feature in the second string sides that take on the super rugby franchises.

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We could get a situation where the Lions win the test series but lose most of the super rugby games, it wouldn't surprise me.

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They have to many Ab's to not win it The Cantabs don't agree with you they are wrong. Why are the most FleeWees Sader supporters? I think the Saders are probably the least liked team in New Zealand myself. I think the Stormers can keep this game close and possibly win, the 14.5 start the bookies ar...

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Maybe if it was the last match of the end of year tour and we'd won all the other games handsomely.

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fudge me, the Crusaders always get the rub of the green from the refs. That wasn't a try, and Crotty should definitely have been binned early on for the cynical offside knock-down a metre out from the line.

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Had it pretty bad when I was around 22, it was awful rugby-wise, after a certain amount of time training I would just have no wheels, I gave up two games into the season after not being able to lock in a starting spot due to the said issue and didn't play ever again.

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Clive Simms wrote:Don't understand why they don't just keep it in Japan, always a good crowd there

It might stop oversaturation in Japan at least.

I wonder if other cities could be considered, like Seoul or Hong Kong.

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Yep, sevens will be sharing some airtime soon though.

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Seems like an overreaction to me, people weren't complaining about the depth of Aussie rugby in 2014 or even 2015. One bad year for Aussie rugby and people want to throw out the baby with the bathwater.

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I reckon the Rebels will give the Canes a good first half, but could be at risk of getting blown out late. I didn't think the Rebels were as bad as last week's scoreline suggested.

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If Super Rugby expands again I think Fiji have a shot at a franchise; with a population roughly the same as the South Island, and development of their own players I think they can do it.

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This game's worth watching just for Parisse alone.

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