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Jump_In_Jack · 08-07-2017 10:21PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

LOL.

If I was Irish I'd whine in a month of Sundays about the non-penalty. Which is exactly what this forum would have done until I was deaf.

Great series. Great entertainment.

Good man, don't go over to the match thread by the way, a lot of NZ whiners there of whom you don't want to be made aware.

penybont exile · 08-07-2017 10:24PM

Buer wrote: »

Steven Hansen apparently used the phrase about kissing his sister to describe the result.

Which makes me deeply concerned about how you Kiwis go about your home life....

He even qualified the statement ..... saying "there's nothing there" or something like that ......

He's a grumpy so and so .... wouldn't mind hearing one of his team talks.

Remembered by many in Wales for ignoring the obvious talent of Shane Williams until his hand was forced after the NZ game @WC 2003.

bilston · 08-07-2017 10:36PM

Incest seems to be all the rage in NZ these last few weeks...

bilston · 08-07-2017 10:39PM

Former Former wrote: »

It occurred to me in the build up that Rory Best has been on two Lions tours and didn't get a test cap in either.

I can't think of any recent players who would share this dubious honour?

I reckon it's Graham Rowntree who doesn't rate him.

Shame, at least he rebuilt his Lions reputation this time around after 2013.

Boscoirl · 08-07-2017 10:40PM

I think the rule is if you draw the game, you get to kiss your sister

Buer · 08-07-2017 10:43PM

bilston wrote: »

I reckon it's Graham Rowntree who doesn't rate him.

Shame, at least he rebuilt his Lions reputation this time around after 2013.

I found it bizarre that he was a member of the panel for Sky today. This is the final test. You're a senior player in the squad. Everyone is in the stands together for the game but Best doing media work?

Really odd.

Buer · 08-07-2017 10:43PM

Boscoirl wrote: »

I think the rule is if you draw the game, you get to kiss your sister

Kiwis are clearly really from Shelbyville.

pickarooney · 09-07-2017 08:05AM

swiwi_ wrote: »

LOL.

If I was Irish I'd whine in a month of Sundays about the non-penalty. Which is exactly what this forum would have done until I was deaf.

Great series. Great entertainment.

Pretty sure the Sky interviewer phrased it exactly like that to Sam Warburton after the game. To his credit, he didn't contradict him by saying the draw was a disappointment.

CMOTDibbler · 09-07-2017 09:16AM

swiwi_ wrote: »

LOL.

If I was Irish I'd whine in a month of Sundays about the non-penalty. Which is exactly what this forum would have done until I was deaf.

Great series. Great entertainment.

Nope. We just develop collective amnesia and forget that the match ever took place. :pac:

golfer555 · 09-07-2017 10:22AM

bilston wrote: »

I reckon it's Graham Rowntree who doesn't rate him.

Shame, at least he rebuilt his Lions reputation this time around after 2013.

I don't know about that. My only memory of Rory Best on this tour was that terrible line out at the end of the Blues game that lost the Lions the game. Pretty sure he came on in another game and lost us a lineout straight away, you can blame the jumpers too but ultimately it was his shacky throwing.

sydthebeat · 09-07-2017 10:27AM

golfer555 wrote: »

I don't know about that. My only memory of Rory Best on this tour was that terrible line out at the end of the Blues game that lost the Lions the game. Pretty sure he came on in another game and lost us a lineout straight away, you can blame the jumpers too but ultimately it was his shacky throwing.

Nope, we blame the lifters

We've been through that anyway after the blues game. And it wouldn't be unusual for there to be timing issues in the second game this group ever played together.

bilston · 09-07-2017 01:28PM

golfer555 wrote: »

bilston wrote: »

I reckon it's Graham Rowntree who doesn't rate him.

Shame, at least he rebuilt his Lions reputation this time around after 2013.

I don't know about that. My only memory of Rory Best on this tour was that terrible line out at the end of the Blues game that lost the Lions the game. Pretty sure he came on in another game and lost us a lineout straight away, you can blame the jumpers too but ultimately it was his shacky throwing.

That's really harsh! He led the midweek team excellently. He missed maybe 3 or 4 lineouts in the whole tour. I certainly remember Owens being at least as bad and George, who had a good tour, had some bad moments yesterday as well.

AbusesToilets · 09-07-2017 04:17PM

Best was very unfortunate with his early appearances colouring the perception of him. Bar that initial game, his lineout throwing was on a par with the other two. He offers far more in his breakdown work, and is better in the scrum imo than George. He wouldn't have had the hooking problems that were seen in the 3rd test. He doesn't offer as much impact with ball in hand, but he's not a liability by any stretch.

razorblunt · 09-07-2017 08:48PM

Buer wrote: »

Steven Hansen apparently used the phrase about kissing his sister to describe the result.

Which makes me deeply concerned about how you Kiwis go about your home life....

What's wrong with Henry Kissinger?

Bakkies Botha raising a good point here: https://twitter.com/BakkiesBotha4/status/883922665353904128

irishbucsfan · 09-07-2017 08:56PM

Its not really that similar to what he was banned for

razorblunt · 09-07-2017 09:00PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Its not really that similar to what he was banned for

I know, but you can tell him that!

sydthebeat · 09-07-2017 09:27PM

razorblunt wrote: »

What's wrong with Henry Kissinger?

Bakkies Botha raising a good point here: https://twitter.com/BakkiesBotha4/status/883922665353904128

quite similar to what healy got a ban for this year

if anything thats worse

pickarooney · 09-07-2017 10:22PM

What exactly am I looking at in that clip?

Former Former · 09-07-2017 10:25PM

pickarooney wrote: »

What exactly am I looking at in that clip?

Kaino's clear out on SOB

09-07-2017 10:37PM

Former Former wrote: »

Kaino's diving shoulder charge on SOB

Win at all costs.

CatFromHue · 09-07-2017 10:52PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CM-_JlG64

It's certainly not dissimilar but if I remember right it was a bit of a contentious ban even with the Lions fans but after Burger not getting the red we didn't give that much of a ****e

errlloyd · 10-07-2017 12:35PM

One of the tweets in supporting Bakkies is from Jonathon Kaplan which is interesting. Has he retired fully?

stephen_n · 10-07-2017 01:44PM

Pretty strange commentary from Murray Mexted about SBW, can't find the full interview, so it's hard to know the context. Of all the things you could say about SBW, going after his religious beliefs seems rather stupid from someone with a position in the NZRU.

CMOTDibbler · 10-07-2017 03:35PM

stephen_n wrote: »

Pretty strange commentary from Murray Mexted about SBW, can't find the full interview, so it's hard to know the context. Of all the things you could say about SBW, going after his religious beliefs seems rather stupid from someone with a position in the NZRU.

He's not a team player because he's a Muslim? That has to be the wierdest conclusion I've ever heard.

Any chance that he makes those hits because he played RL?

irishbucsfan · 10-07-2017 03:38PM

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

He's not a team player because he's a Muslim? That has to be the wierdest conclusion I've ever heard.

Any chance that he makes those hits because he played RL?

Obviously Mexted's take is a strange one that I'm sure he'll be in trouble for but I'm not really following this whole rugby league thing either. The tackle he made is totally illegal in rugby league as well and ironically enough one of his last actions in rugby league was to get banned for a similar tackle.

Hes just a bit of a liability.

Halloween Jack · 10-07-2017 03:50PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Obviously Mexted's take is a strange one that I'm sure he'll be in trouble for but I'm not really following this whole rugby league thing either. The tackle he made is totally illegal in rugby league as well and ironically enough one of his last actions in rugby league was to get banned for a similar tackle.

Hes just a bit of a liability.

Yeah, bit of a nasty side to him on the field imo

CMOTDibbler · 10-07-2017 03:57PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Obviously Mexted's take is a strange one that I'm sure he'll be in trouble for but I'm not really following this whole rugby league thing either. The tackle he made is totally illegal in rugby league as well and ironically enough one of his last actions in rugby league was to get banned for a similar tackle.

Hes just a bit of a liability.

Sorry, I probably should have put a tongue in cheek smiley there. Even at a stretch, it makes more sense. :rolleyes:

irishman86 · 10-07-2017 07:39PM

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

He's not a team player because he's a Muslim? That has to be the wierdest conclusion I've ever heard.

Any chance that he makes those hits because he played RL?

What a disgusting man, he should be kicked out of any role he has in NZ rugby for that. Religion has nothing to do with SBW's tackling

irishman86 · 10-07-2017 07:42PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Obviously Mexted's take is a strange one that I'm sure he'll be in trouble for but I'm not really following this whole rugby league thing either. The tackle he made is totally illegal in rugby league as well and ironically enough one of his last actions in rugby league was to get banned for a similar tackle.

Hes just a bit of a liability.

But a liability every team in the world would love to have, how much cards has he got for tackles anyways? I remember Nonu used to tackle in a similar way for a while, always seem to want to just smash someone

Ardillaun · 11-07-2017 02:00AM

Former Former wrote: »

pickarooney wrote: »

What exactly am I looking at in that clip?

Kaino's clear out on SOB

Which was clearly dangerous whatever about the legality.

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