Warm Up Match 2: Blues v British & Irish Lions (Auckland)

[Leonormous Boozer]

Halfpenny is basically Rob Kearney if you swap highball ability for goalkicking, the man would be hated in Ireland!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Come on Stander...

I've not been impressed with Haskell, wish we'd called up Launch and moved Henderson or Itoje to the backrow fulltime

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

That is off Jack Nowell.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

That's a try.

 

[Stumpy]

It's an 8 hour fast in a day so not catastrophic. He is fasting though yes.

Just under 12 hours in New Zealand, fortunately for him it is winter down south. If the games were in London, for example, it would be a fair bit longer.

Fasting Times Aukland

Fasting Times London

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Nowell is a great player but I can't see him starting in the tests.

 

[Welshdragon2000]

A big second half is needed, aren't blues meant to be the worst New Zealand side?

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Nowell is a great player but I can't see him starting in the tests.

Why - because he knocked the ball back and SBW scored a try?

 

[Ground We Won]

A big second half is needed, aren't blues meant to be the worst New Zealand side?

Meant to be? They most definitely are.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Why - because he knocked the ball back and SBW scored a try?

And getting done on the outside twice in this half, one of them resulting in a try.

 

[Welshdragon2000]

Crusaders on Saturday will be a real test for us. 13 from 13 in super rugby and looking unbeatable pretty much

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

And getting done on the outside twice in this half, one of them resulting in a try.

Yeah, I just wasn't sure why you were saying it then. That try was a clusterfuck and we shouldnt have been taken by surprise like that.
I don't think Nowell has been anywhere near his best but with the try there was a huge space for him to cover. I'd haveto watch again to judge what he should have done. New Zealand rugby teams simply do score most of the time from that kind of space

 

[SelimNiai]

Think that last one was a knock on, Nowell touched it yes, but so di the Blues player and because of that it shouldnt have been given a try

 

[Skylinerd1]

Think that last one was a knock on, Nowell touched it yes, but so di the Blues player and because of that it shouldnt have been given a try

******* dreaming mate.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Think that last one was a knock on, Nowell touched it yes, but so di the Blues player and because of that it shouldnt have been given a try

Yeah I think if you look at the direction in which the ball bounced back it only makes sense if it goes off nowell and then the fingers of the blue players - otherwise I can't explain why its bouncing at that angle considering the direction Nowell is coming from.

 

[Ground We Won]

Crusaders on Saturday will be a real test for us. 13 from 13 in super rugby and looking unbeatable pretty much

They were nearly beaten last weekend and should have been. They were quite lucky and won with a freak drop goal from 45 metres in overtime.

 

[Welshdragon2000]

Gatland's got some tough decisions for the back row. Stander, Warburton, Tipuric, Faletau etc

They were nearly beaten last weekend and should have been. They were quite lucky and won with a freak drop goal from 45 metres in overtime.

Against the Hurricanes though which is no mean feat, both of those sides will give us a game

 

[Ground We Won]

Gatland's got some tough decisions for the back row. Stander, Warburton, Tipuric, Faletau etc

Against the Hurricanes though which is no mean feat, both of those sides will give us a game

Highlanders.

 

[Nubiwan]

Nowell is a great player but I can't see him starting in the tests.

Caught in no mans land twice early on.......

 

[Welshdragon2000]

Highlanders.

My bad