Warm Up Match 5: Maori All Blacks v British & Irish Lions (Rotorua)

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Laidlaw and Biggar on. No more points to be scored.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Phase play is just embarrassingly poor.

English and Irish forwards bossing it just on instinct,
Bring Howley's expertise into the equation and we're up **** creek

 

[Bluemoon]

Laidlaw's on. Get ready for a box kick to nothing....!

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Would of loved to see Russel come on in this game, instead we get Bigger......

 

[TRF_Olyy]

High tackle from messam and the ref just says he was onside!
Laughably bad officiating in this

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

SOB hands have been crap.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Really disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the lions from a highly comfortable winning position. What statement is this really making? Limited thinking

 

[TommiG88]

Why are we taking 3 points?!

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Deserve to be booed for taking the penalty!

Can we swap Raynal for Peyper? Peyper is a joke.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

High tackle from messam and the ref just says he was onside!
Laughably bad officiating in this

Yeah, and where is SmartCooky?

 

[Every Time Ref]

Points, really?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

We need to practice more with ball in hand.

Let's kick for goal...

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Kiwi attempt to decapitate a lions player there, not even checked... Looks like the tone of this officiating is repeated infringements and foul play will not be punished.

 

[Bluemoon]

A kick takes you beyond 3 converted trys and essentially makes the game safe. 10 minutes of running rugby now, right?!

 

[ratsapprentice]

High tackle from messam and the ref just says he was onside!
Laughably bad officiating in this

No way was that high.

This is turning into football, with fans buying into the diving ********.

 

[ncurd]

We need to practice more with ball in hand.

Let's kick for goal...

But 1/2p needs to prove his worth!

 

[Truth]

This is a very good Maori side believe it or not. The Lions making them look ordinary, is good signs for the upcoming test against the All Blacks.

 

[UlsterRugby2012]

Are we just trying to not play with the ball in hand as much as possible????

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Yeah, and where is SmartCooky?

He only gets on his high horse if anyone playing NZ sides break the rules.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

No way was that high.

Contact with the neck, How was it not?
You see "seat belt" tackles regularly penalised in the NH, this was 10x worse