2nd test - Australia v British & Irish Lions

[Reiser99]

Great half in the end. Glad to see Australia playing well and putting the Lions under pressure. Can they do it for another 40?

 

[McTallshort]

The Aussie centres are a real handful. If the Lions are going to win this they have to defend better in the midfield

 

[Derpus]

The Aussie centres are a real handful. If the Lions are going to win this they have to defend better in the midfield

Holy **** bro they needa get these insights into TV… or whatever it is called now

 

[scootz]

Behave

That Try wouldn’t have happened without Russell. Great kick - Shame we missed it in real time (thanks Sky!).

His only sub-par moment so far was his first Conversion attempt - you’d expect him to get that one.

 

[AlRums]

What I've noticed is the Irish boys don't seem to pass.

Taking notes from Farrell jr

 

[TommiG88]

That Try wouldn't have happened without Russell. Great kick - Shame we missed it in real time (thanks Sky!).

His only sub-par moment so far was his first Conversion attempt - you'd expect him to get that one.

I would say his subpar moment was passing it out of play

 

[Jimbo]

They're still doing it, so yes. Lucky to not get penalised. I'd be fuming if I were an Oz fan.

They even conceded from the bad call.

Agree to disagree, they have hardly been squeaky, as I said they got away with not conceding a yc they were warned of which B&I did get one after being warned which proved to be fairly costly.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Great half.

At one point it definitely wasn’t going the way Freeman dreamt it last night.

My money’s on Aus punching themselves out and the Lions coming through relatively easily.

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

Are we playing with a FH?

Fin Russell has been poor. Even that first conversion attempt looked casual.

 

[Groundhog]

Broadly quite poor for the Lions but when they’ve had the ball they’ve converted a score pretty quickly. They need to leave the 50/50 rucks alone it’s costing them pens and leaving them short handed defensively.

 

[ChicagoKid]

If I’m Andy, I sub Keenan at half and get Farrell on. Slow the game down and start squeezing Oz.

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

I actually like Will Greenwood as a pundit. You just have to imagine that he's a talking spaniel and it all makes sense.

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

If I'm Andy, I sub Keenan at half and get Farrell on. Slow the game down and start squeezing Oz.

Farrell at full-back? Borthwick, is that you?

 

[Which Tyler]

I would say his subpar moment was passing it out of play

Even then, there were 2 flankers who could have caught it if they'd had their hands up and brains on

 

[ChicagoKid]

Broadly quite poor for the Lions but when they've had the ball they've converted a score pretty quickly. They need to leave the 50/50 rucks alone it's costing them pens and leaving them short handed defensively.

They can’t. Andy coaches full bore at the breakdown and Maro is playing like a dumbass.

 

[Rinkadink]

I sub Keenan at half

Lol... No.

 

[Reiser99]

I'd say both Russell and JGP haven't been at their previous level.

 

[ChicagoKid]

Farrell at full-back? Borthwick, is that you?

If you want to keep a geriatric at 15, by all means.

 

[Jimbo]

Im serious halfpenny was one of the all tike great goal kickers, how many games did he play with fly half?

Our obsession with fly half kickers meaning they have to play/kickers is why England got stuck with Farrell for so long and Ford wasnt trusted after one bad game.

Think your simplifying things slightly here, I agree with the fly half thing, the idea that Farrell is/was wc kicking is semi accurate, he’s had some right stinking days probably worse than Ford during one particular autumn international IIRC, rightly or wrongly I don’t think that was the main reason for his selection.

 

[TommiG88]

Even then, there were 2 flankers who could have caught it if they'd had their hands up and brains on

I hope for all our sakes, it wasn’t Curry. Dean will have to make Oly know about this