Lions v New Zealand 3rd Test Match Thread

paulie21

Lions Team:

Liam Williams, Anthony Watson, Jonathan Davies, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly, Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray, Toby Faletau, Sean O'Brien, Sam Warburton (c), Maro Itoje, Alun Wyn Jones, Tadhg Furlong, Jamie George, Mako Vunipola.

Replacements:

Ken Owens, Jack McGrath, Kyle Sinckler, Courtney Lawes, CJ Stander, Rhys Webb, Ben Te'o, Jack Nowell


AB Team:

Jordie Barrett, Israel Dagg, Anton Lienert-Brown, Ngani Laumape, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith; Kieran Read (captain), Sam Cane, Jerome Kaino, Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Owen Franks, Codie Taylor, Joe Moodie.

Replacements:

Nathan Harris, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Scott Barrett, Ardie Savea, T.J. Perenara, Aaron Cruden, Malakai Fekitoa.

My Prediction:

SKY to lose coverage after about 32 minutes to BT sport.

Dog Botherer

My prediction:

Barrett passes to Savea, offloads to Barrett, passes to Savea, offloads to Barrett, Barrett scores in the corner.

Subpopulus

My prediction:

Scott Barrett to be subbed on 72nd minute with the Lions ahead by 18 points. The three Barrett brothers bump fists and exclaim BY THE POWER OF THREE, and then morph into characters from an unlicensed Power-Rangers knock-off series.



With the Power-Barretts' enhanced running lines, combat prowess, and offloading skills the Lions succumb to a heavy 35 point defeat.

Erik Shin

Not liking Savea playing....not liking it at all...he has the ability to cut thru our defence like buttah boyho

SteelyDanJalapeno

Hows the weather?

seanhynes

Cool and dry from what I see

laugh

Good to see Geech is grand.

wally79

laugh

Last week Sky showed an interview with SBW before the game, this week it's Kieran Read . . . . .

BBDBB

Rory is cool as a cucumber

Scott Q needs sedating

gooch2k9

Shut up Scott.

sydthebeat

A tad over dramatic there Scotty

Scythica

Quinnells had a skinful

OldRio

One day he will spontaneously combust. Live on television.

PTH2009

gooch2k9 wrote: »

Shut up Scott.

Really hope it's a long time before I hear his annoying voice again after this game

Bleating Lamb

Scott could overhype taking a dump!

BBDBB

This is your Everest boys


Great line

iancm25

Feel sorry for POM standing in the corridor - he deserved better than that

BBDBB

BBDBB wrote: »

This is your Everest boys


Great line

Yup. A kiwi won that battle as well

irishman86

iancm25 wrote: »

Feel sorry for POM standing in the corridor - he deserved better than that

When has what people deserved ever mattered to Gats

BBDBB

Lions vs Kieron Read

LuckyGent88

What a moment for Read

BBDBB

Basil3 wrote: »

Yup. A kiwi won that battle as well

Ha, you're lucky that Sherpas don't play rugby

Erik Shin

Noodles and Leann Folláin for breakfast...start the day as you mean to go on!

ThisRegard

The two Barrets are the spits of each other, are they twins?

Feels like it's the first game of the tour without rain too.

keith_sixteen

la la la la la

Burkie1203

iancm25 wrote: »

Feel sorry for POM standing in the corridor - he deserved better than that

How?

sydthebeat

I've no idea how this is gonna go.....

Could be lions by 5, could be all Blacks by 25....

Erik Shin

ThisRegard wrote: »

The two Barrets are the spits of each other, are they twins?

No...they are brothers I think people have mentioned

Erik Shin

Dance off time !!

ThisRegard

Erik Shin wrote: »

No...they are brothers I think people have mentioned

I was just going to post them in the lookalikes thread, but the surname had me a little suspect! 😀

Great situation being able to say "I'm really enjoying Reid's tongue work" and have it raise no questions about my sexuality.

PTH2009

How do they decide who does the main chanting in the haka ???

Very intense version

Bleating Lamb

Believe!!

Erik Shin

PTH2009 wrote: »

How do they decide who does the main chanting in the haka ???

Very intense version

I always think it should be a proper Maori... otherwise it's a bit like Vanilla Ice rapping

irishman86

Ah the cool kids come out to diss the haka again :rolleyes:
Everyones favourite time of the week, dam ye guys cool

BBDBB

Harsh call

Don't see what was wrong with that

irishbucsfan

Looked completely wrong, that call

irishman86

Looks like Warburton wont get away with his tricks this week

SlickRic

Poite already angering me. Terrible penalty award.

PTH2009

irishman86 wrote: »

Ah the cool kids come out to diss the haka again :rolleyes:
Everyones favourite time of the week, dam ye guys cool

I love the haka huge tradition

Bad miss there

ThisRegard

Warburton noted by the officials today after his interference last week? Not good if so.

Akrasia

Ha ha, barrets pulling a Mcilroy

elefant

What a brick.

sydthebeat

Terrible call roman

irishbucsfan

Justice served there a bit

irishman86

Time for Jordie to take over

Burkie1203

ThisRegard wrote: »

Warburton noted by the officials today after his interference last week? Not good if so.

Id back warburton to adapt to Poite interpretations fairly quickly. He has done that before

BBDBB

Nervy handling,
Looked forward anyway