Cards for simulation are needed unfortunately. No idea why players at that level do it; it is going to be scrutinised at 6 different angles.
Has anyone been listening to the BBC Rugby Union Weekly Lions Podcasts?
I've found them really interesting
Well I expect this to be pretty brutal with very little finesse.
Hope we do actually get some outside play, I think the Lions should try to move the ball, speed up the game and move the Boks about the park. If lions don't get them tired I can't see a victory
Not the case so far, Lions going nowhere forward with the direct approach.
You get the impression the boks haven't given much thought to playing against Russell.
No. He’s really changed this game. Fingers crossed, and some of the Boks forwards look tired already.
He plays so close to the gain line, still time for him to give an intecept though.
He plays so close to the gain line, still time for him to give an intecept though.
That's why it's such a bad idea to throw away any opportunity he creates.
It's drifting away.........
FFS it's a try just get on with it
I didn't spend £10 to watch an extended meeting
Tense now
Bollocks
Don't forgst to cancel ypur NowTV membership.
Much better game than last week. Gutted to lose that one. What did Nigel Owens say at the end there - he won’t give a penalty unless he’s 100% sure… then he gives a scrum pen… ah well.
I think there needs to be some thinking about the video reffing - it's becoming massively intrusive into the games. It kills any momentum and excitement.
I don't remember it being this bad before.
Totally agree. Especially when the video ref has to have the same thing explained 3 times to him by the ref, which turns out to be the way the ref saw it to start with. And then the video ref says “I agree with the facts”! the Facts are the facts, you idiot!
For that one, I thought Jonker was inferring that he agreed with the facts but not the sanction (penalty only).
Kolbe is amazing, hard as nails and the most elusive runner I’ve seen. Disappointed with the result but at least the game was watchable. Can’t wait to see Boksburg V ABs
I've gone off kolbe. Two possible red cards and play acting the Russell high tackle. Loopy Liam was pretty good. Russell is a class 10 and Price had noticeably quicker decision/pass than Murray.
World rugby need to sort lots of things around medics and water carriers and subs being pitch side. The Japanese WC normalised water on at every pause.
Got to say we had 3 poor matches and by the end I didn't really care.
Long live the Lions! Short of the All Blacks Wales ran the Springboks closest in the World cup and Warren Gatland is one of if not the best coach in world rugby. As a South African my feeling has always been that the Lions are something very special. Not sure people in the UK realize what a big deal this is for South Africa. This Lions team was an absolute belter and every Springbok supporter knew that. The teams were very evenly matched. During a nailbiting game an old man with a cool head who had last played test rugby five years ago clinched the series. Hopefully there will be one or two more Lions test series before a Sevens tournament supplants it.
Sad to say, but this test series was not a good advertisement for the game. Lions in SA is a special tour, but unfortunately the 'need' to win at all costs destroyed it as a spectacle.
Rugby needs to flow, and put bluntly, the big lads need to be kept running around to tire them out and let the gaps appear. If you turn it into American Football then you end up with American Football.
Chuffed for Morne Steyn, though, a true steely eyed quiet man.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/just-dreadful-lions-tour-consensus-the-rugby-was-dire/
Some good quotes from the pros in there.
I think there needs to be some thinking about the video reffing – it’s becoming massively intrusive into the games. It kills any momentum and excitement.
I agree, its a shame but you cant blame the refs for doing it. They get torn to pieces by the managers, players and press for every decision so they end up having to cover their arses.
Not just rugby either, its creeping in in every sport. I even saw it in Olympic taekwondo!
Overall it wasn't the prettiest rugby but exciting to watch with it being all for play for in the last test.
