MATCH PREVIEW & THREAD: B&I Lions vs NZ Provincial Baa-Baas

bilston · 03-06-2017 9:44am

.ak wrote: »

Aside from a missed penalty and missed cross field how has sexton been poor? Hes linking up well with teo and putting players thru space. Defending really well also. Think he's having a tidy game considering the ****e going on around him.

He has thrown two or three pretty sloppy passes as well.

crisco10 · 03-06-2017 9:45am

.ak wrote: »

Aside from a missed penalty and missed cross field how has sexton been poor? Hes linking up well with teo and putting players thru space. Defending really well also. Think he's having a tidy game considering the ****e going on around him.

His passing has been pretty mixed to be fair. I think he has gotten a bit disconnected from the receivers which makes the pass look worse but still putting lions in back foot.

wp_rathead · 03-06-2017 9:45am

.ak wrote: »

Aside from a missed penalty and missed cross field how has sexton been poor? Hes linking up well with teo and putting players thru space. Defending really well also. Think he's having a tidy game considering the ****e going on around him.

He's thrown some stinkers

Bridge93 · 03-06-2017 9:45am

Conditions don't really help with handling but Jesus it's been terrible from both sides

awec · 03-06-2017 9:45am

Sexton being called ashore.

sydthebeat · 03-06-2017 9:46am

.ak wrote: »

Aside from a missed penalty and missed cross field how has sexton been poor? Hes linking up well with teo and putting players thru space. Defending really well also. Think he's having a tidy game considering the ****e going on around him.

He threw a pass to the left at the end of the second half that was behind the whole back line and we lost 15meters from it.

His inside ball to Seymour a few minutes ago was behind the player as well. Took the impact away.

Best has been very good

Erik Shin · 03-06-2017 9:46am

awec wrote: »

Sexton being called ashore.

And probably for the best

Dog Botherer · 03-06-2017 9:46am

Sexton's last action to give away a penalty for a high tackle.

Sums up his evening.

bilston · 03-06-2017 9:47am

Not a happy moment for AWJ there!

Clegg · 03-06-2017 9:47am

Well this is awful for Sexton.

wp_rathead · 03-06-2017 9:47am

Phwoar whatahit

molloyjh · 03-06-2017 9:48am

sydthebeat wrote: »

.ak wrote: »

Aside from a missed penalty and missed cross field how has sexton been poor? Hes linking up well with teo and putting players thru space. Defending really well also. Think he's having a tidy game considering the ****e going on around him.

He threw a pass to the left at the end of the second half that was behind the whole back line and we lost 15meters from it.

His inside ball to Seymour a few minutes ago was behind the player as well. Took the impact away.

Best has been very good

Do you mean the inside ball to Watson? Watson clearly overran that one.

.ak · 03-06-2017 9:48am

sydthebeat wrote: »

He threw a pass to the left at the end of the second half that was behind the whole back line and we lost 15meters from it.

His inside ball to Seymour a few minutes ago was behind the player as well. Took the impact away.

Best has been very good

Ah I think a lot of those passes were down to the runners as much as him. Timing has been awful.

pickarooney · 03-06-2017 9:49am

.ak wrote: »

Aside from a missed penalty and missed cross field how has sexton been poor? Hes linking up well with teo and putting players thru space. Defending really well also. Think he's having a tidy game considering the ****e going on around him.

Two botched kicks from hand and two atrocious passes.

Matt Matich has his number.

awec · 03-06-2017 9:49am

Hendo hooked as well.

.ak · 03-06-2017 9:49am

Dog Botherer wrote: »

Sexton's last action to give away a penalty for a high tackle.

Sums up his evening.

Was never a high tackle tho.

03-06-2017 9:49am

How not to take a quick tap

sydthebeat · 03-06-2017 9:50am

molloyjh wrote: »

Do you mean the inside ball to Watson? Watson clearly overran that one.

Not at all

A preplanned move that Sexton simply threw to late. It's the out halves responsibility to hit the runner in that situation.

molloyjh · 03-06-2017 9:51am

Baa-bass 8 very clever off that tap. Prevented Falatau joining the ruck and helped win the penalty.

shane. · 03-06-2017 9:51am

Clegg wrote: »

Well this is awful for Sexton.

To be taken off? They only landed 3 days ago, give em a break

Kanrith · 03-06-2017 9:51am

A bit harsh on Sexton to take him off there. Not great but needs game time.

wp_rathead · 03-06-2017 9:51am

Sinckler is human after all
It's FURLONG TIME

.ak wrote: »

Ah I think a lot of those passes were down to the runners as much as him. Timing has been awful.

Timing has been off alright, just not sure how can say he was one of Lions "good" players

bilston · 03-06-2017 9:51am

Pretty disappointing for Sexton and Henderson, Best went pretty well. Hopefully My favourite non Ulster Irish player has a good cameo now. Sinclair has laid down a bit of a marker.

bilston · 03-06-2017 9:53am

It was simple enough but the symbolism of Farrell giving a try scoring pass isn't great for Sexton. Although of course Barnes will go OTT about it

Erik Shin · 03-06-2017 9:53am

Thats a bit better, Farrell showing how it's done

phog · 03-06-2017 9:53am

Game seems to speeded up a bit since Farrell came on.

pickarooney · 03-06-2017 9:54am

molloyjh wrote: »

Baa-bass 8 very clever off that tap. Prevented Falatau joining the ruck and helped win the penalty.

Looked like Faletau was waiting for the offload instead of securing the ruck.

The Rape of Lucretia · 03-06-2017 9:54am

Not that it was going anywhere anyway, but that is Sexie's tour done for sure.
Falatau and Teo standing up to be counted, staking their clams, and putting up their hands for test jerseys.
Other wise we had a good gawk at the midweek dirt trackers.

crisco10 · 03-06-2017 9:54am

Yup. It's unfortunate timing for sexton. Doesn't look good for him already.

But sexton had 50 mins and didn't show up well

jprender · 03-06-2017 9:54am

Farrell is a massive improvement over Sexton.

Sexton will be battling with Biggar for a place on the bench in the test matches.

03-06-2017 9:55am

Lions make a heap of substitutions but it's *just* Farrell that is having an impact ay!!?

whatawaster · 03-06-2017 9:56am

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Not that it was going anywhere anyway, but that is Sexie's tour done for sure.

It's really hard to know if people are being serious or not

testtech05 · 03-06-2017 9:56am

I thought best went very well apart from one crooked lineout had at least 2 good clean turnovers I think a third was knocked on after he won it in the first half. He really does add so much around the field and at the breakdown when he's going well!

RugbyLover123 · 03-06-2017 9:57am

Babaas Miles offside all the time

03-06-2017 9:57am

whatawaster wrote: »

It's really hard to know if people are being serious or not

Plenty clearly delighted to see Sexton supposedly fail, some having a bit of fun.

.ak · 03-06-2017 9:57am

wp_rathead wrote: »

Sinckler is human after all
It's FURLONG TIME

Timing has been off alright, just not sure how can say he was one of Lions "good" players

Because he was responsible for most of the line breaks in the first half and put himself around the pitch.

The Rape of Lucretia · 03-06-2017 9:59am

whatawaster wrote: »

It's really hard to know if people are being serious or not

He is playing like a drain lately. Farrell has been excellent consistently for months. There was never a contest. Injuries can alter cases, but otherwise, Jonny's place for the midweek games, other than giving enough time to Biggar to get game time for his spot on the test bench, is assured.

Clegg · 03-06-2017 9:59am

It's not the end of Sextons tour but it's not good for him that Farrell can come on and immediately have a bigger impact than he had all game.

irishbucsfan · 03-06-2017 9:59am

Sexton was certainly poor. He'll be very frustrated seeing the try go in as soon as he came off.

Needs a much better performance next time out

03-06-2017 10:00am

RugbyLover123 wrote: »

Babaas Miles offside all the time

Both sides are defensively.

whatawaster · 03-06-2017 10:01am

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He is playing like a drain lately. Farrell has been excellent consistently for months. There was never a contest. Injuries can alter cases, but otherwise, Jonny's place for the midweek games, other than giving enough time to Biggar to get game time for his spot on the test bench, is assured.

"lately" is really only the Scarlets game, which is about as far back as many people's memories go obviously

Dog Botherer · 03-06-2017 10:01am

Gatland and Laidlaw off, Lions should get about 4 more tries and win handy now.

molloyjh · 03-06-2017 10:01am

So I missed most of the first half, but how has AWJ gone? Haven't seen a huge amount from him in the 30 mins I've seen.

wp_rathead · 03-06-2017 10:01am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Plenty clearly delighted to see Sexton supposedly fail, some having a bit of fun.

?? Who is delighted to see Sexton fail?
He, along with alot of players, hasn't had a good game
People are so precious about their favorite players
I love Henderson but he was been poor

03-06-2017 10:01am

.ak wrote: »

Because he was responsible for most of the line breaks in the first half and put himself around the pitch.

Webb on now and we'll open them up imo. Laidlaw way too conservative in his decision making.

Sexton was fine. Did nothing dramatic but distributed and tackled well. Teo having a good game because Sexton is putting him into space.

The Rape of Lucretia · 03-06-2017 10:03am

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Sexton was certainly poor. He'll be very frustrated seeing the try go in as soon as he came off.

Needs a much better performance next time out

I dont think he is going to get one. The swing into the test pattern will start on Wednesday, with Biggar starting and Sexton benching. Then Farrell starting next weekend with Biggar benching.
It was already Gatty's Plan-A. Sexton seems incapable of providing any evidence to refute the contention that Gatts is dead right.

testtech05 · 03-06-2017 10:04am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Webb on now and we'll open them up imo. Laidlaw way too conservative in his decision making.

Sexton was fine. Did nothing dramatic but distributed and tackled well. Teo having a good game because Sexton is putting him into space.

Sexton wasn't as bad as some are making out but his distribution left a lot to be desired at times. Few lasses straight to deck and others stopping the recipients momentum when they had to stop to catch the ball (appreciate some of that can be down to timing of the run)

Kanrith · 03-06-2017 10:04am

I think people are over reacting to Sexton, made a few mistakes yeah, but it wasn't the shocker some are making out. Had some good moments as well.

molloyjh · 03-06-2017 10:05am

Kruis is right into the game with a steal? Didn't Kruis come on 10 mins ago?

leakyboots · 03-06-2017 10:05am

Thought Sexton was outperformed by Gatland myself

MATCH PREVIEW & THREAD: B&I Lions vs NZ Provincial Baa-Baas

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