East Auckland Hammer 10:19 Sat Jun 10
British Lions 2nd Super Rugby Test vs Crusaders
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Sorry it's a bit late folks, just got home from indoor not long ago.
Anyway, they Lions started brightly, but already don't appear to have learned from the Blues game in that the slow, awkward phase building approach just doesn't work here.
Keep an eye out for Mo'unga (the new DC in some minds), Goodhue (called into the ABs training squad) and the 8 current ABs in the squad.
Enjoy.
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happygilmore
10:22 Sat Jun 10
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Murray started well.
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happygilmore
10:23 Sat Jun 10
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Lions 11/8 was tempting
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East Auckland Hammer
10:35 Sat Jun 10
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Might want to work on their scrum.
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happygilmore
11:01 Sat Jun 10
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Comfortable enough FH. Signs of the players gelling.
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East Auckland Hammer
11:02 Sat Jun 10
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Lions dominating possession and territory, but not creating much with it.
Crusaders destroying them in the scrum, and looking much more likely to score with the ball in hand despite the Lions domination of the stats.
Few handling errors and a greasy surface making it a tough game.
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happygilmore
11:18 Sat Jun 10
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FFS Farrell, can't be missing them
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happygilmore
11:21 Sat Jun 10
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better from Farrell there
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Private Dancer
11:43 Sat Jun 10
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Why the lack of interest?? Is it because Rugby is actually shit?
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happygilmore
11:47 Sat Jun 10
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Great play by Sexton in the build up to that penalty.
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East Auckland Hammer
11:49 Sat Jun 10
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Playing a lot better now.
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OccupyGreenStreet
12:01 Sat Jun 10
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Great result!
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East Auckland Hammer
12:02 Sat Jun 10
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Well, they played pretty well without every really threatening to "win" the game as such.
Defence was top notch though, and they strangled the life out of the Crusaders.
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happygilmore
12:02 Sat Jun 10
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Good team performance from The Lions, with a line up that was closer to the Test 15,
Crusaders very underwhelming, you can't win games only scoring 3 pts in 80 minutes.
Bet landed.
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East Auckland Hammer
12:05 Sat Jun 10
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Thought the ref was a touch lenient at scrum time though, because that Lions 8 was pulverised on more than one occasion, and yet someone only conceded two penalties iirc?
Managed to find a couple for the Lions early on for collapsing it though.
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Eerie Descent
12:07 Sat Jun 10
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Farrell plays, Lions win.
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Ilford Hammer
12:07 Sat Jun 10
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Excellent performance. Murray and Farrell nailed on for the test half back partnership. Great physicality up front but need to be more clinical when we create try scoring opportunities.
Biggest compliment is that I thought the Crusaders looked pretty ordinary given all the pre match hype about them.
Long way to go, no need to get over confident but a big step in the right direction.
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East Auckland Hammer
12:08 Sat Jun 10
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Not often you see a scrum half selected ONLY for his kicking.
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Vexed
12:11 Sat Jun 10
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That looked like a walk in the park for the Lions. Didn't see the whole game but didn't see Crusaders get a sniff at any point.
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Ilford Hammer
12:15 Sat Jun 10
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Now now Jonah.
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East Auckland Hammer
12:21 Sat Jun 10
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I do hope that Murray box kicking all day is the Lions game plan for the tests, I really do.
I can't remember seeing him pass actually, can you?
What I do remember is seeing at least one person offside every time he kicked though.
Still, in those conditions it was sensible rugby.
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